List of busiest airports in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man ranked by total passenger traffic, compiled from Civil Aviation Authority data from 2006 to 2023. For some years the figures also show total aircraft movements and cargo volume handled at each airport. For a complete list of UK airports, see List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies.

The United Kingdom, an island country, is home to many of Europe's largest and busiest airports. London Heathrow, which handles over 79 million international passengers annually, is the largest airport in the UK. London serves as the largest aviation hub in the world by passenger traffic, with six international airports, handling over 168 million passengers in 2023,^[1] more than any other city (List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic). London's second-busiest airport, London Gatwick, was until 2016 the world's busiest single-runway airport.^[2] Manchester Airport is the United Kingdom's third-busiest airport. London Stansted and London Luton are the fourth and fifth busiest airports, respectively.

The largest airport operator in the United Kingdom is Heathrow Airport Holdings (owner of Heathrow), followed by Manchester Airports Group (owner of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands). Together with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, they are part of the Aviation Foundation which lobby for the aviation needs of the United Kingdom.^[3]

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2022 / 2023 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2023, from UK CAA statistics.^[1]

Rank 2023[nb 1]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 2]			Aircraft movements[nb 3]
		2022	2023	Change 2022 / 23	2022	2023	Change 2022 / 23
1	London Heathrow	61,611,838	79,180,434	028.5%	380,305	456,600	020.1%
2	London Gatwick	32,835,381	40,897,656	024.6%	217,622	256,893	018.0%
3	Manchester	23,364,471	28,096,783	020.3%	158,575	180,246	013.7%
4	London Stansted	23,290,097	27,951,291	020.0%	176,914	195,438	010.5%
5	London Luton	13,324,491	16,403,784	023.1%	118,063	128,430	008.8%
6	Edinburgh	11,250,211	14,396,794	028.0%	98,065	115,076	017.3%
7	Birmingham	9,597,485	11,481,365	019.6%	65,644	86,584	031.9%
8	Bristol	7,948,941	9,913,011	024.7%	65,909	77,260	017.2%
9	Glasgow	6,517,585	7,358,828	012.9%	70,391	74,563	005.9%
10	Belfast International	4,818,214	5,957,055	023.6%	49,942	57,761	015.7%
11	Newcastle	4,128,407	4,819,969	016.8%	41,187	45,229	009.8%
12	Liverpool	3,490,844	4,193,623	020.1%	47,526	49,436	004.0%
13	Leeds Bradford	3,288,635	3,989,405	021.3%	33,912	36,413	007.4%
14	East Midlands	3,186,367	3,932,497	023.4%	64,678	66,212	002.4%
15	London City	3,009,313	3,429,684	014.0%	49,937	52,101	004.3%
16	Aberdeen	1,960,307	2,229,918	013.8%	74,098	73,442	000.9%
17	Belfast City	1,655,164	2,115,153	027.8%	25,368	29,282	015.4%
18	Jersey	1,336,082	1,468,820	009.9%	32,185	30,869	004.1%
19	Bournemouth	734,530	950,206	029.4%	29,186	20,650	029.2%
20	Cardiff	859,805	838,529	002.5%	18,793	15,806	015.9%
21	Inverness	700,012	802,338	014.6%	23,820	23,842	000.1%
22	Southampton	631,458	754,931	019.6%	20,562	21.998	007.0%
23	Guernsey	654,446	694,958	006.2%	28,854	27,872	003.4%
24	Isle of Man	551,941	638,619	015.7%	15,208	15,741	003.5%
25	Glasgow Prestwick	445,211	524,880	017.9%	19,034	24,471	028.6%
26	Exeter	382,223	433,067	013.3%	30,874	27,082	012.3%
27	Newquay	244,675	408,870	067.1%	24,625	19,384	021.3%
28	Norwich	319,040	357,852	012.2%	31,434	29,662	008.8%
29	Sumburgh	247,538	259,068	004.7%	17,715	17,426	001.6%
30	Teesside	173,785	226,557	030.4%	20,319	21,125	004.0%
31	City of Derry	163,379	154,486	005.4%	7,122	7,110	000.2%
32	London Southend	89,361	146,072	063.5%	26,624	31,546	018.5%
33	Kirkwall	133,410	143,093	007.3%	11,758	11,443	002.7%
34	Humberside	92,465	136,976	048.1%	13,103	16,678	027.3%
35	Stornoway	102,331	106,237	003.8%	7,384	7,366	000.2%
36	St Mary's	86,846	69,404	020.1%	10,381	8,849	014.8%
37	Land's End	63,737	54,517	014.5%	9,169	7,475	018.5%
38	Alderney	50,924	49,546	002.7%	7,629	7,237	005.1%
39	Farnborough	N/A[nb 4]	38,827	100.0%	N/A[nb 5]	32,622	100.0%
40	Dundee	38,451	38,508	000.1%	13,522	6,019	055.5%
TOP 40 TOTAL		223,379,401	275,645,634	023.4%	2,157,437	2,414,262	011.9%
>40	Other UK Airports	1,070,406	126,129	088.2%	420,195	361,950	013.9%
TOTAL		224,449,807	275,769,740	022.9%	2,577,632	2,588,599	000.4%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2023^[1]

2021 / 2022 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2022, from UK CAA statistics.^[4]

Rank 2022[nb 6]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 7]			Aircraft movements[nb 8]
		2021	2022	Change 2021 / 22	2021	2022	Change 2021 / 22
1	London Heathrow	19,393,886	61,611,838	217.7%	195,336	380,305	094.7%
2	London Gatwick	6,261,814	32,835,381	424.4%	55,817	217,622	289.9%
3	Manchester	6,085,103	23,364,471	284.0%	66,310	158,575	139.1%
4	London Stansted	7,148,200	23,290,097	225.8%	93,316	176,914	089.6%
5	London Luton	4,674,800	13,324,491	185.0%	61,703	118,063	091.3%
6	Edinburgh	3,024,960	11,250,211	271.9%	43,674	98,065	124.5%
7	Birmingham	2,482,430	9,597,485	286.6%	35,411	65,644	085.4%
8	Bristol	2,087,772	7,948,941	280.7%	32,278	65,909	104.2%
9	Glasgow	2,072,546	6,517,585	214.5%	39,713	70,391	077.2%
10	Belfast International	2,328,276	4,818,214	106.9%	33,964	49,942	047.0%
11	Newcastle	1,024,930	4,128,407	302.8%	21,421	41,187	092.3%
12	Liverpool	1,165,508	3,490,844	199.5%	29,327	47,526	062.1%
13	Leeds Bradford	739,131	3,288,635	344.9%	14,566	33,912	132.8%
14	East Midlands	832,529	3,186,367	282.7%	52,327	64,678	023.6%
15	London City	720,580	3,009,313	317.6%	14,463	49,937	245.3%
16	Aberdeen	1,075,639	1,960,307	082.2%	62,986	74,098	017.6%
17	Belfast City	812,424	1,655,164	103.7%	12,819	25,368	097.9%
18	Jersey	678,151	1,336,082	097.0%	22,861	32,185	040.8%
19	Doncaster Sheffield	309,512	959,963	210.2%	14,077	15,847	012.6%
20	Cardiff	123,825	859,805	594.4%	11,236	18,793	067.3%
21	Bournemouth	200,640	734,530	266.1%	38,304	29,186	023.8%
22	Inverness	357,584	700,012	095.8%	25,267	23,820	005.7%
23	Guernsey	250,526	654,446	161.2%	18,253	28,854	058.1%
24	Southampton	263,131	631,458	140.0%	11,910	20,562	072.6%
25	Isle of Man	182,371	551,941	202.6%	9,594	15,208	058.5%
26	Glasgow Prestwick	78,069	445,211	470.3%	17,126	19,034	011.1%
27	Exeter	126,854	382,223	201.3%	25,201	30,874	022.5%
28	Norwich	126,043	319,040	153.1%	30,064	31,434	004.6%
29	Sumburgh	183,903	247,538	034.6%	16,699	17,715	006.1%
30	Newquay	105,554	244,675	131.8%	32,062	24,625	023.2%
31	Teesside	78,520	173,785	121.3%	18,013	20,319	012.8%
32	City of Derry	73,024	163,379	123.7%	4,552	7,122	056.5%
33	Kirkwall	85,665	133,410	055.7%	11,114	11,758	005.8%
34	Stornoway	62,791	102,331	063.0%	6,809	7,384	008.4%
35	Humberside	31,534	92,465	193.2%	11,973	13,103	009.4%
36	London Southend	94,367	89,361	005.3%	34,114	26,624	022.0%
37	St Mary's	72,291	86,846	020.1%	8,935	10,381	016.2%
38	Land's End	53,211	63,737	019.8%	7,539	9,169	021.6%
39	Alderney	41,279	50,924	023.4%	5,456	7,629	039.8%
40	Dundee	19,658	38,451	095.6%	23,956	13,522	043.6%
TOP 40 TOTAL		65,529,031	224,339,364	242.4%	1,270,546	2,173,284	071.1%
>40	Other UK Airports	64,325	110,443	071.7%	358,447	404,348	012.8%
TOTAL		65,593,356	224,449,807	242.2%	1,628,993	2,577,632	058.2%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2022^[4]

2020 / 2021 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2021, from UK CAA statistics.^[5]

Rank 2021[nb 9]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 10]			Aircraft movements[nb 11]
		2020	2021	Change 2020 / 21	2020	2021	Change 2020 / 21
1	London Heathrow	22,111,326	19,393,886	012.3%	204,730	195,336	004.6%
2	London Stansted	7,539,689	7,148,200	005.2%	86,107	93,316	008.4%
3	London Gatwick	10,173,431	6,261,814	038.4%	80,161	55,817	030.4%
4	Manchester	7,034,856	6,085,103	013.5%	66,760	66,310	000.7%
5	London Luton	5,550,821	4,674,800	015.8%	59,769	61,703	003.2%
6	Edinburgh	3,474,879	3,024,960	012.9%	45,966	43,674	005.0%
7	Birmingham	2,869,582	2,482,430	013.5%	35,647	35,411	000.7%
8	Belfast International	1,747,086	2,328,276	033.3%	32,983	35,411	003.0%
9	Bristol	2,194,524	2,087,772	004.9%	29,191	32,278	010.6%
10	Glasgow	1,946,474	2,072,546	006.5%	34,715	39,713	014.4%
11	Liverpool	1,338,415	1,165,508	012.9%	28,468	29,327	003.0%
12	Aberdeen	994,077	1,075,639	008.2%	59,250	62,986	006.3%
13	Newcastle	1,064,274	1,024,930	003.7%	18,449	21,421	016.1%
14	East Midlands	901,237	832,529	007.6%	48,265	52,327	008.4%
15	Belfast City	542,547	812,424	049.7%	10,359	12,819	023.7%
16	Leeds Bradford	751,091	739,131	001.6%	12,312	14,566	018.3%
17	London City	908,105	720,580	020.7%	19,069	14,463	024.2%
18	Jersey	424,922	678,151	059.6%	16,174	22,861	041.3%
19	Inverness	241,167	357,584	048.3%	19,610	25,267	028.8%
20	Doncaster Sheffield	338,829	309,512	008.7%	12,232	14,077	015.1%
21	Southampton	296,161	263,131	011.2%	10,931	11,910	009.0%
22	Guernsey	188,607	250,526	032.8%	14,556	18,253	025.4%
23	Bournemouth	175,907	200,630	014.1%	28,370	38,304	035.0%
24	Sumburgh	116,745	183,902	057.5%	10,839	16,699	054.1%
25	Isle of Man	162,898	182,371	012.0%	8,480	9,594	013.1%
26	Exeter	148,251	126,854	014.4%	22,997	25,201	009.6%
27	Norwich	120,258	126,043	004.8%	24,542	30,064	022.5%
28	Cardiff	219,984	123,825	043.7%	10,111	11,236	011.1%
29	Newquay	67,877	105,554	055.5%	34,398	32,062	006.8%
30	London Southend	401,143	94,367	076.5%	18,401	34,114	085.4%
31	Kirkwall	61,177	85,665	040.0%	9,498	11,114	017.0%
32	Teesside	38,540	78,520	103.7%	12,731	18,013	041.5%
33	Glasgow Prestwick	90,790	78,069	014.0%	14,085	17,126	021.6%
34	City of Derry	80,494	73,024	009.3%	3,522	4,552	029.2%
35	St Mary's	41,766	72,291	073.1%	6,200	8,935	044.1%
36	Stornoway	44,387	62,791	041.5%	5,662	6,809	020.3%
37	Land's End	34,673	53,211	053.5%	6,297	7,539	019.7%
38	Alderney	28,048	41,279	047.2%	3,810	5,456	043.2%
39	Humberside	45,273	31,534	030.3%	10,347	11,973	015.7%
40	Benbecula	14,199	24,202	070.4%	2,367	2,931	023.8%
TOP 40 TOTAL		74,524,510	65,533,575	012.1%	1,178,361	1,249,521	006.0%
>40	Other UK Airports	48,589	59,781	023.0%	281,316	379,472	034.9%
TOTAL		74,573,099	65,593,356	012.0%	1,459,677	1,628,993	011.6%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2021^[5]

2019 / 2020 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2020, from UK CAA statistics.^[6]

Rank 2020[nb 12]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 13]			Aircraft movements[nb 14]
		2019	2020	Change 2019 / 20	2019	2020	Change 2019 / 20
1	London Heathrow	80,890,031	22,111,326	072.7%	478,059	204,730	057.2%
2	London Gatwick	46,576,473	10,173,431	078.2%	284,987	80,161	071.9%
3	London Stansted	28,124,292	7,539,689	073.2%	199,925	86,107	056.9%
4	Manchester	29,397,357	7,034,856	076.1%	202,892	66,760	067.1%
5	London Luton	18,216,207	5,550,821	069.5%	141,858	59,769	057.9%
6	Edinburgh	14,737,497	3,474,879	076.4%	131,617	45,966	065.1%
7	Birmingham	12,650,607	2,869,582	077.3%	109,357	35,647	067.4%
8	Bristol	8,964,242	2,194,524	075.5%	69,434	29,191	058.0%
9	Glasgow	8,847,100	1,946,474	078.0%	91,812	34,715	062.2%
10	Belfast International	6,278,563	1,747,086	072.2%	59,259	32,983	044.3%
11	Liverpool	5,045,991	1,338,415	073.5%	58,968	28,468	051.7%
12	Newcastle	5,203,624	1,064,274	079.5%	50,688	18,449	063.6%
13	Aberdeen	2,912,883	994,077	065.9%	91,248	59,250	035.1%
14	London City	5,122,271	908,105	082.3%	84,260	19,069	077.4%
15	East Midlands	4,675,411	901,237	080.7%	74,566	48,265	035.3%
16	Leeds Bradford	3,992,862	751,091	081.2%	35,641	12,312	065.5%
17	Belfast City	2,455,259	542,547	077.9%	35,382	10,359	070.7%
18	Jersey	1,762,949	424,922	075.9%	41,296	16,174	060.8%
19	London Southend	2,035,535	401,143	080.3%	36,327	18,401	049.3%
20	Doncaster Sheffield	1,407,862	338,829	075.9%	23,043	12,232	046.9%
21	Southampton	1,781,457	296,161	083.4%	36,473	10,931	070.0%
22	Inverness	938,232	241,167	074.3%	31,338	19,610	037.4%
23	Cardiff	1,656,085	219,984	086.7%	31,881	10,111	068.3%
24	Guernsey	882,374	188,607	078.6%	36,397	14,556	060.0%
25	Bournemouth	803,307	175,907	078.1%	38,540	28,370	026.4%
26	Isle of Man	854,676	162,898	080.9%	21,155	8,480	059.9%
27	Exeter	1,021,784	148,251	085.5%	44,306	22,997	048.1%
28	Norwich	530,328	120,258	077.3%	35,187	24,542	030.3%
29	Sumburgh	267,456	116,745	056.3%	18,056	10,839	040.0%
30	Glasgow Prestwick	640,055	90,790	085.8%	24,463	14,085	042.4%
31	City of Derry	203,777	80,494	060.5%	7,096	3,522	050.4%
32	Newquay	461,478	67,877	085.3%	46,338	34,398	025.8%
33	Kirkwall	172,625	61,177	064.6%	14,247	9,498	033.3%
34	Humberside	204,463	45,273	077.9%	18,228	10,347	043.2%
35	Stornoway	131,441	44,387	066.2%	9,444	5,662	040.0%
36	St Mary's	93,927	41,766	055.5%	12,329	6,200	049.7%
37	Teesside	150,735	38,540	074.4%	16,746	12,731	024.0%
38	Scatsta	109,480	35,624	067.5%	4,989	1,595	068.0%
39	Land's End	64,056	34,673	045.9%	11,177	6,297	043.7%
40	Alderney	53,155	28,048	047.2%	8,326	3,810	054.2%
TOP 40 TOTAL		300,317,907	74,545,935	075.2%	2,767,335	1,177,589	057.4%
>40	Other UK Airports	159,435	62,788	060.6%	284,478	203,850	028.3%
TOTAL		300,477,342	74,608,723	075.2%	3,051,813	1,381,439	054.7%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2020^[6]

2018 / 2019 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2019, from UK CAA statistics.^[7]

Rank 2019[nb 15]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 16]			Aircraft movements[nb 17]
		2018	2019	Change 2018 / 19	2018	2019	Change 2018 / 19
1	London Heathrow	80,124,537	80,890,031	01.0%	477,604	478,059	00.1%
2	London Gatwick	46,086,089	46,576,473	01.1%	283,919	284,987	00.4%
3	Manchester	28,292,797	29,397,537	03.9%	201,247	202,892	00.8%
4	London Stansted	27,996,116	28,124,292	00.5%	201,614	199,925	00.8%
5	London Luton	16,769,634	18,216,207	08.6%	136,511	141,858	03.9%
6	Edinburgh	14,294,305	14,737,497	03.1%	130,016	131,617	01.2%
7	Birmingham	12,457,051	12,650,607	01.6%	111,828	109,357	02.2%
8	Bristol	8,699,529	8,964,242	03.0%	72,927	69,434	04.8%
9	Glasgow	9,656,227	8,847,100	08.4%	97,157	91,812	05.5%
10	Belfast International	6,268,960	6,278,563	00.2%	60,541	59,259	02.1%
11	Newcastle	5,334,095	5,203,624	02.4%	53,740	50,688	05.7%
12	London City	4,820,292	5,122,271	06.3%	80,854	84,260	04.2%
13	Liverpool	5,046,995	5,045,991	00.0%	59,320	58,698	00.6%
14	East Midlands	4,873,831	4,675,411	04.1%	76,013	74,566	01.9%
15	Leeds Bradford	4,038,889	3,992,862	01.1%	38,680	35,614	07.9%
16	Aberdeen	3,056,018	2,912,883	04.7%	91,279	91,248	00.0%
17	Belfast City	2,511,261	2,445,259	02.2%	35,959	35,382	01.6%
18	London Southend	1,480,139	2,035,535	37.5%	32,531	36,327	11.7%
19	Southampton	1,991,014	1,781,457	10.5%	39,651	36,473	08.0%
20	Jersey	1,664,175	1,762,949	05.9%	42,436	41,296	02.7%
21	Cardiff	1,581,131	1,656,085	04.7%	31,085	31,881	02.6%
22	Doncaster Sheffield	1,222,347	1,407,862	15.2%	18,930	23,043	21.7%
23	Exeter	931,265	1,021,784	09.7%	39,532	44,306	12.1%
24	Inverness	894,360	938,232	04.9%	29,690	31,338	05.6%
25	Guernsey	837,615	882,374	05.3%	36,356	36,397	00.1%
26	Isle of Man	836,656	854,676	02.2%	23,431	21,155	09.7%
27	Bournemouth	674,972	803,307	19.0%	39,886	38,540	03.4%
28	Glasgow Prestwick	681,715	640,055	06.1%	24,904	24,463	01.8%
29	Norwich	536,578	530,328	01.2%	34,287	35,187	02.6%
30	Newquay	456,888	461,478	01.0%	41,172	46,338	12.5%
31	Sumburgh	245,868	267,456	08.8%	16,628	18,056	08.6%
32	Humberside	192,526	204,463	06.2%	18,759	18,228	02.8%
33	City of Derry	185,843	203,777	09.7%	6,330	7,096	12.1%
34	Kirkwall	181,562	172,625	04.9%	14,771	14,247	03.5%
35	Teesside	142,080	150,735	06.1%	16,950	16,746	01.2%
36	Stornoway	135,700	131,441	03.1%	10,570	9,444	10.7%
37	Scatsta	174,934	109,480	37.4%	8,513	4,989	41.4%
38	St Mary's	92,195	93,927	01.9%	12,546	12,329	01.7%
39	Land's End	64,216	64,056	00.2%	11,511	11,177	02.9%
40	Alderney	53,343	53,155	00.2%	8,981	8,326	07.3%
TOP 40 TOTAL		295,583,748	300,317,907	01.6%	2,768,659	2,767,335	00.0%
>40	Other UK Airports	167,275	159,435	04.7%	277,243	284,478	02.6%
TOTAL		295,751,134	300,477,342	01.6%	3,045,902	3,051,813	00.2%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2019^[7]

2017 / 2018 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2018, from UK CAA statistics.^[8]

Rank 2018[nb 18]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 19]			Aircraft movements[nb 20]
		2017	2018	Change 2017 / 18	2017	2018	Change 2017 / 18
1	London Heathrow	78,012,825	80,124,537	02.7%	475,783	477,604	00.4%
2	London Gatwick	45,556,899	46,086,089	01.2%	285,912	283,919	00.7%
3	Manchester	27,826,054	28,292,797	01.2%	203,689	201,247	01.2%
4	London Stansted	25,904,450	27,996,116	08.1%	189,919	201,614	06.2%
5	London Luton	15,990,276	16,769,634	04.9%	133,743	136,511	02.1%
6	Edinburgh	13,410,343	14,294,305	06.6%	128,675	130,016	01.0%
7	Birmingham	12,990,303	12,457,051	04.1%	122,067	111,828	08.4%
8	Glasgow	9,897,959	9,656,227	02.4%	102,766	97,157	05.5%
9	Bristol	8,239,250	8,699,529	05.6%	76,199	72,927	04.3%
10	Belfast International	5,836,735	6,268,960	07.4%	58,152	60,541	04.1%
11	Newcastle	5,300,274	5,334,095	00.6%	57,808	53,740	07.0%
12	Liverpool	4,901,157	5,046,995	03.0%	56,643	59,320	04.7%
13	East Midlands	4,878,781	4,873,831	00.1%	77,067	76,013	01.4%
14	London City	4,530,439	4,820,292	06.4%	80,490	80,854	00.5%
15	Leeds Bradford	4,076,616	4,038,889	00.9%	46,159	38,680	16.2%
16	Aberdeen	3,090,642	3,056,018	01.1%	97,007	91,279	05.9%
17	Belfast City	2,559,846	2,511,261	01.9%	36,332	35,959	01.0%
18	Southampton	2,069,950	1,991,014	03.8%	44,161	39,651	10.2%
19	Jersey	1,637,763	1,664,175	01.6%	46,615	42,436	09.0%
20	Cardiff	1,465,227	1,581,131	07.9%	28,934	31,085	07.4%
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	08.5%	17,435	18,930	08.6%
23	Exeter	908,750	931,265	02.5%	40,472	39,532	02.3%
24	Inverness	874,934	894,360	02.2%	31,002	29,690	04.2%
25	Guernsey	843,272	837,615	00.7%	38,209	36,356	04.8%
26	Isle of Man	797,615	836,656	04.9%	23,061	23,431	01.6%
27	Glasgow Prestwick	696,309	681,715	02.1%	24,897	24,904	00.0%
28	Bournemouth	694,660	674,972	02.8%	34,641	39,886	15.1%
29	Norwich	528,153	536,578	01.6%	37,307	34,287	08.1%
30	Newquay	461,300	456,888	01.0%	37,113	41,172	10.9%
31	Sumburgh	256,418	245,868	04.1%	22,347	16,628	25.6%
32	Humberside	190,936	192,526	00.8%	18,282	18,759	02.6%
33	City of Derry	193,981	185,843	04.2%	5,156	6,330	22.8%
34	Kirkwall	177,248	181,562	02.4%	14,754	14,771	00.1%
35	Scatsta	170,847	174,934	02.4%	8,224	8,513	03.5%
36	Durham Tees Valley	130,911	142,080	08.5%	19,668	16,950	13.8%
37	Stornoway	134,148	135,700	01.2%	10,924	10,570	03.2%
38	St Mary's	91,852	92,195	00.4%	11,357	12,546	10.5%
39	Land's End	59,386	64,216	08.1%	10,062	11,511	14.4%
40	Alderney	54,760	53,343	02.6%	9,707	8,981	07.5%
TOTAL		287,869,097	295,583,748	02.7%	2,789,413	2,768,659	00.7%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2018^[8]

2016 / 2017 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2017, from UK CAA statistics.^[9]

Rank 2017[nb 21]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 22]			Aircraft movements[nb 23]
		2016	2017	Change 2016 / 17	2016	2017	Change 2016 / 17
1	London Heathrow	75,711,130	78,012,825	03.0%	474,963	475,783	00.2%
2	London Gatwick	43,119,628	45,556,899	05.3%	280,666	285,912	01.9%
3	Manchester	25,637,054	27,826,054	08.5%	192,293	203,689	05.9%
4	London Stansted	24,320,071	25,904,450	06.5%	180,430	189,919	04.9%
5	London Luton	14,645,619	15,990,276	09.2%	128,519	133,743	04.1%
6	Edinburgh	12,348,425	13,410,343	08.6%	122,220	128,675	05.3%
7	Birmingham	11,645,334	12,990,303	11.5%	113,184	122,067	07.8%
8	Glasgow	9,327,193	9,897,959	06.2%	98,217	102,766	04.6%
9	Bristol	7,610,780	8,239,250	08.3%	73,536	76,199	03.6%
10	Belfast International	5,147,546	5,836,735	13.4%	55,155	58,152	05.4%
11	Newcastle	4,807,906	5,300,274	10.2%	56,263	57,808	02.7%
12	Liverpool	4,778,939	4,901,157	02.6%	62,441	56,643	09.3%
13	East Midlands	4,653,818	4,878,781	04.8%	73,689	77,067	04.6%
14	London City	4,538,813	4,530,439	00.2%	85,169	80,490	05.5%
15	Leeds Bradford	3,612,117	4,076,616	12.9%	44,304	46,159	04.2%
16	Aberdeen	2,955,338	3,090,642	04.6%	96,156	97,007	00.9%
17	Belfast City	2,665,139	2,559,846	04.0%	42,475	36,332	14.5%
18	Southampton	1,947,052	2,069,950	06.3%	42,824	44,161	03.1%
19	Jersey	1,614,705	1,637,763	01.4%	47,170	46,615	01.2%
20	Cardiff	1,347,483	1,465,227	08.7%	26,256	28,934	10.2%
21	Doncaster Sheffield	1,255,907	1,335,559	06.3%	16,098	17,435	08.3%
22	London Southend	874,549	1,092,269	24.9%	23,449	26,674	13.8%
23	Exeter	847,257	908,750	07.3%	40,665	40,472	00.5%
24	Guernsey	874,818	843,272	03.6%	39,717	38,209	03.8%
25	Inverness	783,017	874,934	11.7%	30,450	31,002	01.8%
26	Isle of Man	791,651	797,615	00.8%	28,331	23,061	18.6%
27	Glasgow Prestwick	673,232	696,309	03.4%	25,714	24,897	03.2%
28	Bournemouth	667,981	694,660	04.0%	36,922	34,641	06.2%
29	Norwich	506,007	528,153	04.4%	37,190	31,847	14.4%
30	Newquay	371,500	461,300	24.2%	30,417	37,113	22.0%
31	Sumburgh	250,407	256,418	02.4%	21,129	22,347	05.8%
32	City of Derry	290,671	193,981	33.3%	5,441	5,156	05.2%
33	Humberside	201,650	190,936	05.3%	22,744	18,282	19.6%
34	Kirkwall	163,029	177,248	08.7%	14,539	14,754	01.5%
35	Scatsta	162,100	170,847	05.4%	7,894	8,224	04.2%
36	Stornoway	126,520	134,148	06.0%	10,600	10,924	03.1%
37	Durham Tees Valley	132,369	130,911	01.1%	21,162	19,668	07.1%
38	St. Mary's	95,068	91,852	03.4%	13,164	11,357	13.7%
39	Land's End	64,804	59,386	08.4%	11,189	10,062	10.1%
40	Alderney	57,595	54,760	04.9%	10,120	9,707	04.1%
TOTAL		271,624,222	287,901,863	06.0%	2,742,865	2,658,212	03.1%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2017^[9]

2015 / 2016 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic and aircraft movements in 2016, from UK CAA statistics.^[9]

Rank 2016[nb 24]	Airport	Total passengers[nb 25]			Aircraft movements[nb 26]
		2015	2016	Change 2015 / 16	2015	2016	Change 2015 / 16
1	London Heathrow	74,985,748	75,711,130	01.0%	474,087	474,963	00.2%
2	London Gatwick	40,269,087	43,119,628	07.1%	267,760	280,666	04.8%
3	Manchester	23,136,047	25,637,054	10.8%	173,165	192,293	11.0%
4	London Stansted	22,519,178	24,320,071	08.0%	168,629	180,430	07.0%
5	London Luton	12,263,505	14,645,619	19.4%	114,083	128,519	12.7%
6	Edinburgh	11,114,587	12,348,425	11.1%	115,286	122,220	06.0%
7	Birmingham	10,187,122	11,645,334	14.3%	98,015	113,184	15.5%
8	Glasgow	8,714,307	9,327,193	07.0%	90,790	98,217	08.2%
9	Bristol	6,786,790	7,610,780	12.1%	68,074	73,536	08.0%
10	Belfast International	4,391,292	5,147,546	17.2%	52,246	55,155	05.6%
11	Newcastle	4,562,853	4,807,906	05.4%	55,950	56,263	00.6%
12	Liverpool	4,301,495	4,778,939	11.1%	55,905	62,441	11.7%
13	East Midlands	4,450,862	4,653,818	04.6%	77,053	73,689	04.4%
14	London City	4,319,301	4,538,813	05.1%	84,753	85,169	00.5%
15	Leeds Bradford	3,455,445	3,612,117	04.5%	42,912	44,304	03.2%
16	Aberdeen	3,469,525	2,955,338	14.8%	112,357	96,156	14.4%
17	Belfast City	2,692,713	2,665,139	01.0%	41,782	42,475	01.7%
18	Southampton	1,789,470	1,947,052	08.8%	39,379	42,824	08.7%
19	Jersey	1,554,390	1,614,705	03.9%	46,822	47,170	00.7%
20	Cardiff	1,160,506	1,347,483	16.1%	25,077	26,256	04.7%
21	Doncaster Sheffield	857,109	1,255,907	46.5%	11,998	16,098	34.2%
22	Guernsey	891,616	874,818	01.9%	39,955	39,717	00.6%
23	London Southend	900,648	874,549	02.9%	23,538	23,449	00.4%
24	Exeter	821,789	847,257	03.1%	33,210	40,665	22.4%
25	Isle of Man	781,601	791,651	01.3%	29,370	28,331	03.5%
26	Inverness	669,364	783,017	17.0%	29,873	30,450	01.9%
27	Glasgow Prestwick	610,837	673,232	10.2%	22,765	25,714	13.0%
28	Bournemouth	706,776	667,981	05.5%	43,020	36,922	14.2%
29	Norwich	459,664	506,007	10.1%	36,045	37,190	03.2%
30	Newquay	251,987	371,500	47.4%	22,848	30,417	33.1%
31	City of Derry	284,489	290,671	02.2%	5,005	5,441	08.7%
32	Sumburgh	271,994	250,407	07.9%	17,171	21,129	23.1%
33	Humberside	222,107	201,650	09.2%	25,665	22,744	11.4%
34	Kirkwall	160,234	163,029	01.7%	14,199	14,539	02.4%
35	Scatsta	253,526	162,100	36.1%	12,221	7,894	35.4%
36	Durham Tees Valley	140,902	132,369	06.1%	18,702	21,162	13.2%
37	Stornoway	127,282	126,520	00.6%	10,952	10,600	03.2%
38	St. Mary's	94,718	95,068	00.4%	12,210	13,164	07.8%
39	Land's End	54,169	64,804	19.6%	10,425	11,189	07.3%
40	Alderney	59,843	57,595	03.8%	10,149	10,120	00.3%
TOTAL		254,744,874	271,624,222	06.6%	2,633,446	2,742,865	04.2%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2016^[10]

2014 / 2015 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2015, from UK CAA statistics.^[11]

Rank 2015	Airport	Total passengers 2014	Total passengers 2015	Change 2014/15
1	London Heathrow	73,405,330	74,985,748	2.2%
2	London Gatwick	38,103,667	40,269,087	5.7%
3	Manchester	21,989,682	23,136,047	5.2%
4	London Stansted	19,965,093	22,519,178	12.8%
5	London Luton	10,484,938	12,263,505	17.0%
6	Edinburgh	10,160,004	11,114,587	9.4%
7	Birmingham	9,705,955	10,187,122	5.0%
8	Glasgow	7,715,988	8,714,307	12.9%
9	Bristol	6,339,805	6,786,790	7.1%
10	Newcastle	4,516,739	4,562,853	1.0%
11	East Midlands	4,510,544	4,450,862	1.3%
12	Belfast International	4,033,954	4,391,292	8.9%
13	London City	3,647,824	4,319,301	18.4%
14	Liverpool	3,986,654	4,301,495	7.9%
15	Aberdeen	3,723,662	3,469,525	6.8%
16	Leeds Bradford	3,274,474	3,455,445	5.5%
17	Belfast City	2,555,145	2,692,713	5.4%
18	Southampton	1,831,700	1,789,470	2.3%
19	Jersey	1,495,707	1,554,390	3.9%
20	Cardiff	1,023,932	1,160,506	13.3%
21	London Southend	1,102,358	900,648	18.3%
22	Guernsey	894,602	891,616	0.3%
23	Doncaster Sheffield	724,885	857,109	18.2%
24	Exeter	767,404	821,789	7.1%
25	Isle of Man	729,703	781,601	7.1%
26	Bournemouth	661,584	706,776	6.8%
27	Inverness	612,725	669,364	9.2%
28	Glasgow Prestwick	913,685	610,837	33.1%
29	Norwich	458,968	459,664	0.2%
30	City of Derry	350,257	284,485	18.8%
31	Sumburgh	264,521	271,994	2.8%
32	Scatsta	279,799	253,526	9.4%
33	Newquay	221,047	251,987	14.0%
34	Humberside	239,173	222,107	7.1%
35	Kirkwall	161,347	160,234	0.7%
36	Durham Tees Valley	142,379	140,902	1.0%
37	Stornoway	129,481	127,282	1.7%
38	St. Mary's	90,944	94,718	4.1%
39	Alderney	61,317	59,843	2.4%
40	Land's End	44,475	54,169	21.8%
TOTAL		241,321,451	254,744,874	5.6%

Source: UK CAA Airport Data 2015^[11]

2013 / 2014 data[edit]

The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports by total passenger traffic in 2014, from UK CAA statistics.^[12]

Rank 2014	Airport	Total passengers 2013	Total passengers 2014	Change 2013/14
1	London Heathrow	72,367,054	73,405,330	1.4%
2	London Gatwick	35,444,206	38,103,667	7.5%
3	Manchester	20,751,581	21,989,682	6.0%
4	London Stansted	17,852,393	19,965,093	11.8%
5	London Luton	9,697,944	10,484,938	8.1%
6	Edinburgh	9,775,443	10,160,004	3.9%
7	Birmingham	9,120,201	9,705,955	6.4%
8	Glasgow	7,363,764	7,715,988	4.8%
9	Bristol	6,131,896	6,339,805	3.4%
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