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
Airport City or County Passengers
2019
Passengers
2018
Change
2019 / 18
1. London Heathrow London 80,890,031 80,123,537 Increase01.0%
2. London Gatwick West Sussex 46,576,473 46,086,089 Increase01.1%
3. Manchester Airport Manchester 29,397,357 28,292,797 Increase03.9%
4. London Stansted Essex 28,124,292 27,996,116 Increase00.5%
5. London Luton Luton 18,216,207 16,769,634 Increase08.6%
6. Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh 14,737,497 14,294,305 Increase03.1%
7. Birmingham Airport Birmingham 12,650,607 12,457,051 Increase01.6%
8. Bristol Airport Bristol 8,964,242 8,699,529 Increase03.0%
9. Glasgow Airport Glasgow 8,847,100 9,656,227 Decrease08.4%
10. Belfast Airport Belfast 6,278,563 6,268,960 Increase00.2%
11. Newcastle Airport Newcastle upon Tyne 5,203,624 5,334,095 Decrease02.4%
12. London City Airport London 5,122,271 4,820,403 Increase06.3%
13. Liverpool Airport Liverpool 5,045,991 5,046,995 Steady00.0%
14. East Midlands Airport Leicestershire 4,675,411 4,873,831 Decrease04.1%
15. Leeds Bradford Airport Yorkshire 3,992,862 4,038,889 Decrease01.1%
16. Aberdeen Airport Aberdeen 2,912,883 3,056,018 Decrease04.7%
17. Belfast City Belfast 2,455,259 2,511,261 Decrease02.2%
18. London Southend Essex 2,035,535 1,480,139 Increase037.5%
19. Southampton Southampton 1,781,457 1,991,014 Decrease010.5%
20. Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan 1,407,862 1,581,131 Decrease011.0%

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References

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