List of busiest airports in the United Kingdom
2017 / 2018 data
The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2018, from UK CAA statistics.

List of busiest airports in the United Kingdom

Section Title: 2017 / 2018 data
Table Section Text: The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2018, from UK CAA statistics.

Rank 2018	Airport	Total Passengers	Aircraft Movements

2017	2018	Change 2017 / 18	2017	2018	Change 2017 / 18

1	London-Heathrow	78,012,825	80,124,537	2.7%	475,783	477,604	0.4%

2	London-Gatwick	45,556,899	46,086,089	1.2%	285,912	283,919	0.7%

3	Manchester	27,826,054	28,292,797	1.2%	203,689	201,247	1.2%

4	London-Stansted	25,904,450	27,996,116	8.1%	189,919	201,614	6.2%

5	London-Luton	15,990,276	16,769,634	4.9%	133,743	136,511	2.1%

6	Edinburgh	13,410,343	14,294,305	6.6%	128,675	130,016	1.0%

7	Birmingham	12,990,303	12,457,051	4.1%	122,067	111,828	8.4%

8	Glasgow	9,897,959	9,656,227	2.4%	102,766	97,157	5.5%

9	Bristol	8,239,250	8,699,529	5.6%	76,199	72,927	4.3%

10	Belfast-International	5,836,735	6,268,960	7.4%	58,152	60,541	4.1%

11	Newcastle	5,300,274	5,334,095	0.6%	57,808	53,740	7.0%

12	Liverpool	4,901,157	5,046,995	3.0%	56,643	59,320	4.7%

13	East Midlands	4,878,781	4,873,831	0.1%	77,067	76,013	1.4%

14	London-City	4,530,439	4,820,292	6.4%	80,490	80,854	0.5%

15	Leeds Bradford	4,076,616	4,038,889	0.9%	46,159	38,680	16.2%

16	Aberdeen	3,090,642	3,056,018	1.1%	97,007	91,279	5.9%

17	Belfast-City	2,559,846	2,511,261	1.9%	36,332	35,959	1.0%

18	Southampton	2,069,950	1,991,014	3.8%	44,161	39,651	10.2%

19	Jersey	1,637,763	1,664,175	1.6%	46,615	42,436	9.0%

20	Cardiff	1,465,227	1,581,131	7.9%	28,934	31,085	7.4%

21	London-Southend	1,092,269	1,480,139	35.5%	26,674	32,531	22.0%

22	Doncaster Sheffield	1,355,559	1,222,347	8.5%	17,435	18,930	8.6%

23	Exeter	908,750	931,265	2.5%	40,472	39,532	2.3%

24	Inverness	874,934	894,360	2.2%	31,002	29,690	4.2%

25	Guernsey	843,272	837,615	0.7%	38,209	36,356	4.8%

26	Isle of Man	797,615	836,656	4.9%	23,061	23,431	1.6%

27	Glasgow-Prestwick	696,309	681,715	2.1%	24,897	24,904	0.0%

28	Bournemouth	694,660	674,972	2.8%	34,641	39,886	15.1%

29	Norwich	528,153	536,578	1.6%	37,307	34,287	8.1%

30	Newquay	461,300	456,888	1.0%	37,113	41,172	10.9%

31	Sumburgh	256,418	245,868	4.1%	22,347	16,628	25.6%

32	Humberside	190,936	192,526	0.8%	18,282	18,759	2.6%

33	City of Derry	193,981	185,843	4.2%	5,156	6,330	22.8%

34	Kirkwall	177,248	181,562	2.4%	14,754	14,771	0.1%

35	Scatsta	170,847	174,934	2.4%	8,224	8,513	3.5%

36	Durham Tees Valley	130,911	142,080	8.5%	19,668	16,950	13.8%

37	Stornoway	134,148	135,700	1.2%	10,924	10,570	3.2%

38	St Mary's	91,852	92,195	0.4%	11,357	12,546	10.5%

39	Land's End	59,386	64,216	8.1%	10,062	11,511	14.4%

40	Alderney	54,760	53,343	2.6%	9,707	8,981	7.5%

TOTAL	287,869,097	295,583,748	2.7%	2,789,413	2,768,659	0.7%

Sentence(s)

In 2018, Cardiff Airport was the 20th busiest airport in the UK.

final_sentence: In 2018, Cardiff Airport was the 20th busiest airport in the UK.