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Newcastle Airport Passenger Statistics
NCL · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
5.66m
5,655,610 total
+7.3% year on year
UK rank
#12
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
581k
580,586 passengers in the month
Cancellations
0.2%
9 of 4,015 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 20265,655,610
Same period a year earlier5,272,123
Newcastle Airport handled 5,655,610 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 7.3% on the same period a year earlier.
How Newcastle Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Newcastle Airport5.66m
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
Live cancellations
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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.