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Sumburgh Airport Passenger Statistics
LSI · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
279k
279,079 total
-4.8% year on year
UK rank
#27
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
26k
26,065 passengers in the month
Cancellations
1.6%
17 of 1,032 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 2026279,079
Same period a year earlier293,241
Sumburgh Airport handled 279,079 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, down 4.8% on the same period a year earlier.
How Sumburgh Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Sumburgh Airport279k
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
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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.