Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic
2008 / 2009 data
Columns: Rank | Airport | Total Passengers 2008 | Total Passengers 2009 | Change 2008/09 | Aircraft movements 2009
1 | London Heathrow Airport | 67054745 | 66036957 | 1.5% | 466393 | 2 | London Gatwick Airport | 34205887 | 32392520 | 5.3% | 251879 | 3 | London Stansted Airport | 22360364 | 19957077 | 10.7% | 167817 | 4 | Manchester Airport | 21219195 | 18724889 | 11.8% | 172515 | 5 | London Luton Airport | 10180734 | 9120546 | 10.4% | 98736 | 6 | Birmingham Airport | 9627589 | 9102899 | 5.4% | 101221 | 7 | Edinburgh Airport | 9006702 | 9049355 | 0.5% | 115969 | 8 | Glasgow International Airport | 8178891 | 7225021 | 11.7% | 85281 | 9 | Bristol Airport | 6267114 | 5642921 | 10.0% | 70245 | 10 | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | 5334152 | 4884494 | 8.4% | 79298 | 11 | East Midlands Airport | 5620673 | 4658151 | 17.1% | 83256 | 12 | Newcastle Airport | 5039993 | 4587883 | 9.0% | 69254 | 13 | Belfast International Airport | 5262354 | 4546475 | 13.6% | 68813 | 14 | Aberdeen Airport | 3290920 | 2984445 | 9.3% | 109876 | 15 | London City Airport | 3260236 | 2796890 | 14.2% | 76861 | 16 | George Best Belfast City Airport | 2570742 | 2621763 | 2.0% | 39330 | 17 | Leeds Bradford International Airport | 2873321 | 2574426 | 10.4% | 53817 | 18 | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | 2415755 | 1817727 | 24.8% | 34230 | 19 | Southampton Airport | 1945993 | 1789901 | 8.0% | 45502 | 20 | Cardiff Airport | 1994892 | 1631236 | 18.2% | 27003 | 21 | Jersey Airport | 1625660 | 1491424 | 8.3% | 64120 | 22 | Guernsey Airport | 945441 | 937391 | 0.9% | 57634 | 23 | Bournemouth Airport | 1083446 | 870754 | 19.6% | 82538 | 24 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | 968481 | 835768 | 13.7% | 10584 | 25 | Exeter International Airport | 956251 | 795721 | 16.8% | 37562 | 26 | Isle of Man Airport | 754419 | 708127 | 6.1% | 40539 | 27 | Inverness Airport | 678776 | 591397 | 12.9% | 30290 | 28 | Norwich International Airport | 583056 | 430594 | 26.1% | 42003 | 29 | Newquay Airport | 466448 | 386870 | 17.1% | 12835 | 30 | City of Derry Airport | 439033 | 345857 | 21.2% | 10286 | 31 | Humberside Airport | 427648 | 336649 | 21.3% | 35060 | 32 | Durham Tees Valley Airport | 655017 | 289464 | 55.9% | 25208 | 33 | Blackpool Airport | 439200 | 276866 | 36.9% | 52575 | 34 | Scatsta Airport | 243087 | 270101 | 11.1% | 14364 | 35 | Plymouth City Airport | 117823 | 157933 | 34.0% | 19763 | 36 | Kirkwall Airport | 149508 | 150343 | 0.6% | 15590 | 37 | Sumburgh Airport | 156948 | 140714 | 10.3% | 12159 | 38 | Stornoway Airport | 131752 | 123199 | 6.5% | 11627 | 39 | St. Mary's Airport | 122863 | 120909 | 4.0% | 2126 | 40 | Penzance Heliport | 98360 | 85911 | 12.7% | 5218