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Wick John O' Groats · July 2026

Wick John O' Groats handled 455 terminal passengers in July 2026 — down 65% on July 2025, when it handled 1,297.

Read from the Civil Aviation Authority’s monthly airport data, table 09 — terminal and transit passengers, in the vintage we archived on 30 September 2026.

455

terminal passengers

Passengers beginning or ending a journey at Wick John O' Groats, July 2026

That made it the 46th-busiest of the 46 UK airports reporting to the CAA in July 2026.

Its busiest month on our record was May 2019, at 1,312. The record starts in January 2019.

The busiest UK airports in July 2026

  1. 1stHeathrow7,859,325
  2. 2ndGatwick4,288,373
  3. 3rdManchester3,378,003
  4. 4thStansted3,082,100
  5. 5thEdinburgh1,879,764
  6. 6thLuton1,875,193
  7. 7thBirmingham1,486,416
  8. 8thBristol1,162,579
  9. 9thGlasgow869,386
  10. … 35 airports between
  11. out of 46 UK airports reporting that month

Terminal passengers, as published. Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man report to the CAA but are not in the United Kingdom; they have pages here and are left out of this ranking.

Every month on record

Jan 20190–1,312 across 81 readings on recordJul 2026

One cell per month from Jan 2019 to Jul 2026, shaded from this airport’s own quietest month to its busiest. The record starts in January 2019, which is far enough back to hold a pre-2020 comparison.

The last thirteen months

MonthTerminal passengersIn transitOn the same month a year earlier
Jul 20264550down 65% on July 2025
Jun 20263000down 47% on June 2025
May 20262330down 60% on May 2025
Apr 20262720down 58% on April 2025
Mar 20262660down 59% on March 2025
Feb 20262010down 63% on February 2025
Jan 20261280down 78% on January 2025
Dec 202500down 100% on December 2024
Nov 20251810down 72% on November 2024
Oct 20254990down 39% on October 2024
Sep 20255670down 33% on September 2024
Aug 20255600down 50% on August 2024
Jul 20251,2970up 34% on July 2024

Each month is compared with the same month a year earlier, which is the comparison the CAA makes. The percentage here is ours, calculated from the two months in our own series rather than taken from the publisher’s comparison column.