busiest airports in the united kingdom by total passenger traffic 

Statements about this table:
birmingham airport be rank sixth
the number of transit passenger for london gatwick be 50709
the rank of cardiff be 6
the rank 1 transit passenger for 171078 be 50709
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2006 / 2007
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight (metric tonnes)
1
london heathrow
68066028
0.8%
62098911
5753476
213641
481476
1310987
2
london gatwick
35216113
3.1%
31142002
4023402
50709
266550
171078
3
london stansted
23779697
0.4%
21204946
2554304
20447
208462
203747
4
manchester
22112625
1.5%
18662468
3229255
220902
222703
165366
5
london luton
9927321
5.3%
8427894
1491467
7960
120238
38095
6
birmingham airport
9226340
0.9%
7592240
1541815
92285
114679
13585
7
edinburgh
9047558
5.1%
3417891
5619309
10358
128172
19292
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2006 / 2007
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight (metric tonnes)
8
glasgow international
8795727
0.6%
4131512
4594575
69640
108305
4276
9
bristol
5926774
2.9%
4608290
1275566
42918
76428
20
10
newcastle
5650716
4.0%
3948594
1675013
27109
79200
785
11
liverpool
5468510
10.2%
4636149
827085
5276
86668
3709
12
east midlands
5413360
14.5%
4709855
696649
6856
93989
274753
13
belfast international
5272664
4.6%
1788807
3447248
36609
77395
38429
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2006 / 2007
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight (metric tonnes)
14
aberdeen
3412257
7.8%
1475988
1935152
1117
121927
3434
15
london city
2912123
23.5%
2214884
697239
0
91177
0
16
leeds bradford
2881539
3.2%
2229283
630575
21681
65249
109
17
glasgow prestwick
2422332
1.0%
1827592
593117
1623
47910
31517
18
belfast city
2186993
3.9%
93547
2093320
126
43022
1057
19
cardiff
2111148
4.3%
1665247
428260
17641
43963
2391