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London Southend Airport Passenger Statistics
SEN · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
832k
831,810 total
+105.6% year on year
UK rank
#22
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
87k
86,674 passengers in the month
Cancellations
0.0%
0 of 603 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 2026831,810
Same period a year earlier404,501
London Southend Airport handled 831,810 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 105.6% on the same period a year earlier.
How London Southend Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
London Southend Airport832k
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
Live cancellations
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Monthly passenger figures and risers & fallers →
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), UK Airport Data, May 2026. Passenger totals are terminal passengers; cancellation figures are cancelled air transport movements as reported by the CAA. Figures are published by the CAA and reproduced here with attribution.