List of busiest airports in the United Kingdom

This list of the 20 busiest airports is ranked in order of passenger traffic.[1]

Rank
2019
AirportCity or CountyPassengers
2019
Passengers
2018
Change
2019 / 18
1.London Heathrow London80,890,03180,123,537Increase1.0%
2.London Gatwick West Sussex46,576,473 46,086,089Increase1.1%
3.Manchester AirportManchester29,397,35728,292,797 Increase3.9%
4.London Stansted Essex28,124,292 27,996,116 Increase0.5%
5.London Luton Luton18,216,207 16,769,634 Increase8.6%
6.Edinburgh AirportEdinburgh14,737,49714,294,305 Increase3.1%
7.Birmingham AirportBirmingham12,650,607 12,457,051 Increase1.6%
8.Bristol AirportBristol8,964,242 8,699,529 Increase3.0%
9.Glasgow AirportGlasgow8,847,1009,656,227 Decrease8.4%
10.Belfast AirportBelfast6,278,563 6,268,960 Increase0.2%
11.Newcastle AirportNewcastle upon Tyne5,203,6245,334,095 Decrease2.4%
12.London City AirportLondon5,122,271 4,820,403 Increase6.3%
13.Liverpool AirportLiverpool5,045,9915,046,995 Steady0.0%
14.East Midlands AirportLeicestershire4,675,4114,873,831 Decrease4.1%
15.Leeds Bradford AirportYorkshire3,992,8624,038,889 Decrease1.1%
16.Aberdeen AirportAberdeen2,912,883 3,056,018 Decrease4.7%
17. Belfast City Belfast 2,455,259 2,511,261 Decrease2.2%
18. London Southend Essex 2,035,535 1,480,139 Increase37.5%
19. Southampton Southampton 1,781,457 1,991,014 Decrease10.5%
20. Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan 1,407,862 1,581,131 Decrease11.0%

References

  1. ↑ CAA stats 2019. Archived 2021-08-02 at the Wayback Machine