busiest airports in the united kingdom by total passenger traffic 

Statements about this table:
london heathrow have more passenger than london gatwick
southampton have less passenger than glasgow prestwick
glasgow prestwick have the highest percentage change of any airport list , at over 20%
london city have more passenger than leeds bradford
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2008 / 2009
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
1
london heathrow
66036957
1.5%
60652036
5254605
130316
466393
1277650
2
london gatwick
32392520
5.3%
28698660
3662113
31747
251879
74680
3
london stansted
19957077
10.7%
18054748
1894941
7388
167817
182810
4
manchester
18724889
11.8%
16063891
2566503
94495
172515
102543
5
london luton
9120546
10.4%
7937319
1178008
5219
98736
28643
6
birmingham
9102899
5.4%
7773643
1319558
9698
101221
13070
7
edinburgh
9049355
0.5%
4136677
4906775
5903
115969
23791
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2008 / 2009
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
8
glasgow international
7225021
11.7%
3423174
3790223
11624
85281
2334
9
bristol
5642921
10.0%
4506808
1108392
27721
70245
0
10
liverpool
4884494
8.4%
4078795
800673
5026
79298
264
11
east midlands
4658151
17.1%
4019364
633327
5460
83256
255121
12
newcastle
4587883
9.0%
3158477
1410142
19264
69254
2597
13
belfast international
4546475
13.6%
1667738
2868760
9977
68813
29804
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2008 / 2009
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
14
aberdeen
2984445
9.3%
1286843
1696950
652
109876
3822
15
london city
2796890
14.2%
2204731
592159
0
76861
0
16
belfast city
2621763
2.0%
55251
2566482
30
39330
138
17
leeds bradford
2574426
10.4%
2098479
454118
21829
53817
359
18
glasgow prestwick
1817727
24.8%
1358000
459286
441
34230
13385
19
southampton
1789901
8.0%
682427
1107016
458
45502
209