busiest airports in the united kingdom by total passenger traffic 

Statements about this table:
there be the most passenger at the london heathrow airport
there be the least passenger at the cardiff heathrow airport
there be the greatest change from 2007 to 2008 at the belfast city airport , at 17.5%
both the london heathrow and the london gatwick airport have at least 30000000 international passenger
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2007 / 2008
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
1
london heathrow
67054745
1.5%
61344438
5562516
147791
478693
1397054
2
london gatwick
34205887
2.9%
30431051
3730963
43873
263653
107702
3
london stansted
22360364
6.0%
19996947
2343428
19989
193282
197738
4
manchester
21219195
4.0%
18119230
2943719
156246
204610
141781
5
london luton
10180734
2.6%
8853224
1320678
6832
117859
40518
6
birmingham airport
9627589
4.3%
8105162
1471538
50889
112227
12192
7
edinburgh
9006702
0.5%
3711140
5281038
14524
125550
12418
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2007 / 2008
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
8
glasgow international
8178891
7.0%
3943139
4192121
43631
100087
3546
9
bristol
6267114
5.7%
5057051
1171605
38458
76517
3
10
east midlands
5620673
3.8%
4870184
746094
4395
93038
261507
11
liverpool
5334152
2.5%
4514926
814900
4326
84890
3740
12
belfast international
5262354
0.2%
2122844
3099995
39515
77943
36115
13
newcastle
5039993
10.8%
3506681
1509959
23353
72904
1938
rank
airport
total passengers
% change 2007 / 2008
international passengers
domestic passengers
transit passengers
aircraft movements
freight ( metric tonnes )
14
aberdeen
3290920
3.6%
1470099
1820137
684
119831
4006
15
london city
3260236
12.0%
2600731
659494
11
94516
0
16
leeds bradford
2873321
0.3%
2282358
578089
12874
61699
334
17
belfast city
2570742
17.5%
70516
2500225
1
42990
168
18
glasgow prestwick
2415755
0.3%
1728020
685999
1736
42708
22966
19
cardiff
1994892
5.5%
1565991
412728
16173
37123
1334