• 24 hours, 365 days a year

• Passengers per year: 3.3 million
• Average of 9,000 passengers a day 

• Airlines: 20
• Total aircraft movements: 103,000 a year
• Average of 281 flights a day
• Destinations: 40 (fixed-wing)
• Aircraft types: Boeing 727, 737, 757, 767, Dash, Embraer

• Number of runways: 1 fixed-wing
• Runway length: 1,829 m²
• Number of terminals: 1 passenger terminal

• In the past ten years: £52 million
• In the next ten years: £57 million 
• Employs: 2,900 (240 are BAA Aberdeen employees)
• Cargo: Over 4,000 tonnes air cargo per year
• Recent developments include a £10 million departure lounge refurbishment, opened by Scotland's First Minister in 2007
• Planned investments include a £6 million runway resurfacing project and a new £10 million international arrivals hall.

Top ten destinations  (in order)

• Heathrow
• Amsterdam
• Stavanger
• Gatwick 
• Birmingham 
• Luton 
• Manchester 
• Scatsta 
• Paris 
• Sumburgh 

Top ten UK destinations (in order)

• Heathrow
• Gatwick
• Birmingham 
• Luton
• Manchester 
• Scatsta 
• Sumburgh 
• Norwich 
• Southampton 
• Kirkwall 

Top ten UK destinations (in order)

• Amsterdam 
• Stavanger
• Paris   
• Dublin 
• Bergen 
• Copenhagen 
• Palma
• Tenerife 
• Malaga
• Alicante 

Most popular country

• Netherlands

Most popular domestic destination (outside London)

• Birmingham

Number of flights to London (average)

• Per week: 112
• Per day: 16 (weekday)

Opened:

• 1934

Owned and Operated by:

• BAA
• Aberdeen Managing Director - Kevin Brown

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