List of the busiest airports in the British Isles
This is a list of the 80 busiest airports in the British Isles by passengers/year for 2008 for all public international and domestic airports located in the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
You may find a more current and/or actively updated set of data at List of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom and List of the busiest airports in the Republic of Ireland.
2008 statistics
Rank | Area | Airport | City | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total passengers | Aircraft movements
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1 | ENG | London Heathrow Airport | London | LHR/EGLL | 67,054,745 | 478,693 |
2 | ENG | London Gatwick Airport | London | LGW/EGKK | 34,205,887 | 263,653 |
3 | IRL | Dublin Airport | Dublin | DUB/EIDW | 23,500,000 | 223,804 |
4 | ENG | London Stansted Airport | London | STN/EGSS | 22,360,364 | 193,282 |
5 | ENG | Manchester Airport | Manchester | MAN/EGCC | 21,219,195 | 204,610 |
6 | ENG | London Luton Airport | London | LTN/EGGW | 10,180,734 | 117,859 |
7 | ENG | Birmingham International Airport | Birmingham | BHX/EGBB | 9,627,589 | 112,227 |
8 | SCO | Edinburgh Airport | Edinburgh | EDI/EGPH | 9,006,702 | 125,550 |
9 | SCO | Glasgow International Airport | Glasgow | GLA/EGPF | 8,178,891 | 100,087 |
10 | ENG | Bristol Airport | Bristol | BRS/EGGD | 6,267,114 | 76,517 |
11 | ENG | East Midlands Airport | Derby / Leicester / Nottingham | EMA/EGNX | 5,620,673 | 93,038 |
12 | ENG | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | Liverpool | LPL/EGGP | 5,334,152 | 84,890 |
13 | NI | Belfast International Airport | Belfast | BFS/EGAA | 5,262,354 | 77,943 |
14 | ENG | Newcastle Airport | Newcastle upon Tyne | NCL/EGNT | 5,039,993 | 72,904 |
15 | SCO | Aberdeen Airport | Aberdeen | ABZ/EGPD | 3,290,920 | 119,831 |
16 | ENG | London City Airport | London | LCY/EGLC | 3,260,236 | 94,516 |
17 | IRL | Cork Airport | Cork | ORK/EICK | 3,250,000 | 38,175 |
18 | IRL | Shannon Airport | Clare | SNN/EINN | 3,100,000 | 36,430 |
19 | ENG | Leeds Bradford Airport | Leeds / Bradford | LBA/EGNM | 2,873,321 | 61,699 |
20 | NI | George Best Belfast City Airport | Belfast | BHD/EGAC | 2,570,742 | 42,990 |
21 | SCO | Prestwick Airport | Prestwick | PIK/EGPK | 2,415,755 | 42,708 |
22 | WAL | Cardiff Airport | Cardiff | CWL/EGFF | 1,994,892 | 37,123 |
23 | ENG | Southampton Airport | Southampton | SOU/EGHI | 1,945,993 | 50,689 |
24 | JEY | Jersey Airport | Jersey | JER/EGJJ | 1,625,660 | 75,743 |
25 | ENG | Bournemouth Airport | Bournemouth | BOH/EGHH | 1,083,446 | 78,527 |
26 | ENG | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | Doncaster / Sheffield | DSA/EGCN | 968,481 | 13,066 |
27 | ENG | Exeter International Airport | Exeter | EXT/EGTE | 956,251 | 44,134 |
28 | GGY | Guernsey Airport | Guernsey | GCI/EGJB | 945,441 | 59,494 |
29 | IOM | Isle of Man Airport (Ronaldsway) | Isle of Man | IOM/EGNS | 754,419 | 41,294 |
30 | SCO | Inverness Airport | Inverness | INV/EGPE | 678,776 | 40,538 |
31 | ENG | Durham Tees Valley Airport | Middlesbrough / Darlington | MME/EGNV | 655,017 | 45,310 |
32 | IRL | Ireland West Airport Knock | Connacht | NOC/EIKN | 630,170 | 12,540 |
33 | ENG | Norwich International Airport | Norwich | NWI/EGSH | 583,056 | 47,792 |
34 | ENG | Newquay Airport | Newquay | NQY/EGHQ | 466,448 | 12,238 |
35 | ENG | Blackpool Airport | Blackpool | BLK/EGNH | 439,200 | 54,249 |
36 | NI | City of Derry Airport | Derry | LDY/EGAE | 439,033 | 13,035 |
37 | ENG | Humberside Airport | Humberside | HUY/EGNJ | 427,648 | 37,758 |
38 | IRL | Kerry Airport | Kerry | KIR/EIKY | 420,000 | 10,050 |
39 | ENG | Coventry Airport | Coventry | CVT/EGBE | 331,022 | 56,144 |
40 | IRL | Galway Airport | Galway | GWY/EICM | 270,000 | 22,000 |
41 | SCO | Scatsta Airport | Shetland | SCS/EGPM | 243,087 | 12,951 |
42 | SCO | Sumburgh Airport | Shetland | LSI/EGPB | 156,948 | 14,758 |
43 | SCO | Kirkwall Airport | Orkney | KOI/EGPA | 149,508 | 15,982 |
44 | IRL | Waterford Airport | Waterford | WAT/EIWF | 144,000 | 30,430 |
45 | SCO | Stornoway Airport | Lewis | SYY/EGPO | 131,752 | 13,072 |
46 | ENG | St. Mary's Airport | Isles of Scilly | ISC/EGHE | 122,863 | 12,951 |
47 | ENG | Plymouth City Airport (closed 2011) | Plymouth | PLH/EGHD | 117,823 | 19,651 |
48 | Alderney | Alderney Airport | Alderney | ACI/EGJA | 77,104 | 8,723 |
49 | IRL | Donegal Airport | Donegal | CFN/EIDL | 65,537 | 8,532 |
50 | SCO | Dundee Airport | Dundee | DND/EGPN | 65,419 | 37,292 |
51 | IRL | Sligo Airport | Sligo | SXL/EISG | 44,500 | 2,430 |
52 | ENG | London Southend Airport | London | SEN/EGMC | 44,075 | 37,227 |
53 | ENG | Tresco Heliport | Tresco | N/A/EGHT | 41,030 | 2,578 |
54 | SCO | Benbecula Airport | Benbecula | BEB/EGPL | 35,607 | 4,810 |
55 | WAL | Hawarden Airport | Hawarden | CEG/EGNR | 29,000 | 23,000 |
56 | SCO | Islay Airport | Islay | ILY/EGPI | 28,456 | 2,650 |
57 | ENG | Land's End Airport | Penzance | LEQ/EGHC | 27,096 | 11,962 |
58 | IRL | Weston Airport | Kildare / Dublin | WST/EIWT | 21,522 | 144,000 |
59 | ENG | Gloucestershire Airport | Gloucester | GLO/EGBJ | 20,128 | 76,753 |
60 | ENG | Kent International Airport | Manston | MSE/EGMH | 16,180 | 21,521 |
61 | WAL | Anglesey Airport | Anglesey | HLY/EGOV | 13,420 | 3,437 |
62 | SCO | Wick Airport | Wick | WIC/EGPC | 12,450 | 6,317 |
63 | SCO | Barra Airport | Barra | BRR/EGPR | 10,415 | 1,296 |
64 | SCO | Campbeltown Airport | Campbeltown | CAL/EGEC | 9,181 | 3,674 |
65 | ENG | Shoreham Airport | Brighton | ESH/EGKA | 8,000 | 60,551 |
66 | ENG | Bristol Filton Airport | Bristol | FZO/EGTG | 6,540 | 35,000 |
67 | ENG | Cambridge Airport | Cambridge | CBG/EGSC | 5,884 | 42,605 |
68 | SCO | Tingwall Airport | Lerwick | LWK/EGET | 5,875 | 2,085 |
69 | IRL | Aerfort na Minna | Connemara | NNR/EICA | 5,059 | 2,050 |
70 | ENG | Oxford Airport | Oxford | OXF/EGTK | 4,661 | 48,000 |
71 | NI | Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport | Enniskillen | ENK/EGAB | 4,500 | 12,000 |
72 | IRL | Abbeyshrule Aerodrome | Longford | N/A/EIAB | 3,038 | 1,800 |
73 | ENG | Lydd Airport | Ashford | LYX/EGMD | 2,696 | 24,752 |
74 | IRL | Inishmore Aerodrome | Inishmore | IOR/EIIM | 2,554 | 600 |
75 | SCO | Eday Airport | Eday | EOI/EGED | 2,140 | 1,774 |
76 | SCO | Westray Airport | Westray | WRY/EGEW | 1,340 | 2,000 |
77 | SCO | Tiree Airport | Tiree | TRE/EGPU | 1,120 | 553 |
78 | SCO | Fair Isle Airport | Fair Isle | FIE/EGEF | 1,023 | 502 |
79 | SCO | Oban Airport | Oban | OBN/EGEO | 1,005 | 1,502 |
80 | SCO | Papa Westray Airport | Papa Westray | PPW/EGEP | 650 | 200 |
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