*In 2010, more than 127,200,000 passengers - twice the number of UK population, set foot on London airports. However, not all of them came to the capital, and some haven't even left the terminals.

## Passengers London Airports In 2000 Vs 2010 127 Million 2000 2010

In **2000** Heathrow and Gatwick handled 96.2 million people - 83% of all visitors coming to London airports. The remaining three airports had less than 20 million visitors.

In 2010 the percentage of all visitors handled 
by two main airports fell to 76% - despite a 
slight increase in the number of visitors. The 
three smaller airports welcomed 30 million 
people - an increase of 50% compared to 
2000.

International passenger movement from and to london airports is dominated by Europe with 74 million passengers, followed by North America at 19, Middle East and Asia at 8 million.

INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS
Top 10 destinations for passengers from and to London airports are listed below. It's important to note that these are the direct destinations of planes carrying passengers from or to London airports, and not final destinations of passengers. Hence absence of destinations which have stopovers on the way - such as Australia - and hence the high position of travel hubs like the US or UAE.

## Flights & Passengers

London airports receive roughly 59% of all passengers and 78% of air freight coming to the UK but only 44% of all flights.

1. United States             13,871,000
2. Spain 	
    12,242,000
3. Germany           	
8,311,000
4. Italy	
 7,833,000
5. France 	
5,639,000
6. Ireland	
 5,425,000
7. Canada	
 4,929,000
8. Switzerland	 	
3,982,000
9. Netherlands	
 3,140,000