Going forward
The eastern extension to the terminal building was officially opened today by The Princess Royal. There was an item on the local telly news that also featured airport CEO, Robert Sinclair.
He was talking about reaching 10 mppa which is the limit currently set by the airport's planning consents after which, he said, they would be looking to go beyond that.
That would involve another battle with environmentalists and fellow travellers without doubt, but at least the current leader of North Somerset Council, in whose area the airport sits, appeared to be supportive when he was interviewed in the same news story.
The 12-month figure up to the end of November is 6,741,123, up 6.8% on a year ago (CAA stats), so 6,750,000 should be exceeded in the calendar year. November itself at 412,084 was up 10.2% on November 2014.
It will still take a few years to get to around 10 mppa and that assumes there are no nasty shocks along the way waiting to jump out.