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. The present list intends to include all the international and domestic airports located in the area geographically defined as the British Isles, comprising of the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales.

2008 statistics

Rank

Country

Airport

City

Code
(IATA/ICAO)

Total
passengers

Aircraft
movements

1.

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London Heathrow Airport

London

LHR/EGLL

67,054,745

478,693

2.

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London Gatwick Airport

London

LGW/EGKK

34,205,887

263,653

3.

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Dublin Airport

Dublin

DUB/EIDW

23,500,000

223,804

4.

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London Stansted Airport

London

STN/EGSS

22,360,364

193,282

5.

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Manchester Airport

Manchester

MAN/EGCC

21,219,195

204,610

6.

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London Luton Airport

London

LTN/EGGW

10,180,734

117,859

7.

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Birmingham International Airport

Birmingham

BHX/EGBB

9,627,589

112,227

8.

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Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh

EDI/EGPH

9,006,702

125,550

9.

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Glasgow International Airport

Glasgow

GLA/EGPF

8,178,891

100,087

10.

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Bristol International Airport

Bristol

BRS/EGGD

6,267,114

76,517

11.

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East Midlands Airport

Derby / Leicester / Nottingham

EMA/EGNX

5,620,673

93,038

12.

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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.

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Newcastle Airport

Newcastle upon Tyne

NCL/EGNT

5,039,993

72,904

15.

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Aberdeen Airport

Aberdeen

ABZ/EGPD

3,290,920

119,831

16.

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London City Airport

London

LCY/EGLC

3,260,236

94,516

17.

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Cork Airport

Cork

ORK/EICK

3,250,000

38,175

18.

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Shannon Airport

Limerick

SNN/EINN

3,100,000

36,430

19.

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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.

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Prestwick Airport

Prestwick

PIK/EGPK

2,415,755

42,708

22.

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Cardiff Airport

Cardiff

CWL/EGFF

1,994,892

37,123

23.

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Southampton Airport

Southampton

SOU/EGHI

1,945,993

50,689

24.

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Jersey Airport

Jersey

JER/EGJJ

1,625,660

75,743

25.

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Bournemouth Airport

Bournemouth

BOH/EGHH

1,083,446

78,527

26.

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster / Sheffield

DSA/EGCN

968,481

13,066

27.

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Exeter International Airport

Exeter

EXT/EGTE

956,251

44,134

28.

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Guernsey Airport

Guernsey

GCI/EGJB

945,441

59,494

29.

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Isle of Man Airport

Isle of Man

IOM/EGNS

754,419

41,294

30.

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Inverness Airport

Inverness

INV/EGPE

678,776

40,538

31.

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Durham Tees Valley Airport

Middlesbrough / Darlington

MME/EGNV

655,017

45,310

32.

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Ireland West Airport Knock

Connacht

NOC/EIKN

630,170

12,540

33.

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Norwich International Airport

Norwich

NWI/EGSH

583,056

47,792

34.

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Newquay Airport

Newquay

NQY/EGHQ

466,448

12,238

35.

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Blackpool Airport

Blackpool

BLK/EGNH

439,200

54,249

36.

NI

City of Derry Airport

Derry

LDY/EGAE

439,033

13,035

37.

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Humberside Airport

Humberside

HUY/EGNJ

427,648

37,758

38.

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Kerry Airport

Kerry

KIR/EIKY

420,000

10,050

39.

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Coventry Airport

Coventry

CVT/EGBE

331,022

56,144

40.

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Galway Airport

Galway

GWY/EICM

270,000

22,000

41.

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Scatsta Airport

Shetland

SCS/EGPM

243,087

12,951

42.

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Sumburgh Airport

Shetland

LSI/EGPB

156,948

14,758

43.

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Kirkwall Airport

Orkney

KOI/EGPA

149,508

15,982

44.

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Waterford Airport

Waterford

WAT/EIWF

144,000

30,430

45.

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Stornoway Airport

Lewis

SYY/EGPO

131,752

13,072

46.

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St. Mary's Airport

Isles of Scilly

ISC/EGHE

122,863

12,951

47.

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Plymouth City Airport

Plymouth

PLH/EGHD

117,823

19,651

48.

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Alderney Airport

Alderney

ACI/EGJA

77,104

8,723

49.

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Donegal Airport

Donegal

CFN/EIDL

65,537

8,532

50.

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Dundee Airport

Dundee

DND/EGPN

65,419

37,292

51.

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Sligo Airport

Sligo

SXL/EISG

44,500

2,430

52.

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London Southend Airport

London

SEN/EGMC

44,075

37,227

53.

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Tresco Heliport

Tresco

N/A/EGHT

41,030

2,578

54.

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Benbecula Airport

Benbecula

BEB/EGPL

35,607

4,810

55.

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Hawarden Airport

Hawarden

CEG/EGNR

29,000

23,000

56.

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Islay Airport

Islay

ILY/EGPI

28,456

2,650

57.

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Land's End Airport

Penzance

LEQ/EGHC

27,096

11,962

58.

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Weston Airport

Kildare / Dublin

WST/EIWT

21,522

144,000

59.

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Gloucestershire Airport

Gloucester

GLO/EGBJ

20,128

76,753

60.

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Kent International Airport

Manston

MSE/EGMH

16,180

21,521

61.

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Anglesey Airport

Anglesey

HLY/EGOV

13,420

3,437

62.

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Wick Airport

Wick

WIC/EGPC

12,450

6,317

63.

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Barra Airport

Barra

BRR/EGPR

10,415

1,296

64.

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Campbeltown Airport

Campbeltown

CAL/EGEC

9,181

3,674

65.

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Shoreham Airport

Brighton

ESH/EGKA

8,000

60,551

66.

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Bristol Filton Airport

Bristol

FZO/EGTG

6,540

35,000

67.

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Cambridge Airport

Cambridge

CBG/EGSC

5,884

42,605

68.

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Tingwall Airport

Lerwick

LWK/EGET

5,875

2,085

69.

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Aerfort na Minna

Connemara

NNR/EICA

5,059

2,050

70.

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Oxford Airport

Oxford

OXF/EGTK

4,661

48,000

71.

NI

Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport

Enniskillen

ENK/EGAB

4,500

12,000

72.

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Abbeyshrule Aerodrome

Longford

N/A/EIAB

3,038

1,800

73.

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Lydd Airport

Ashford

LYX/EGMD

2,696

24,752

74.

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Inishmore Aerodrome

Inishmore

IOR/EIIM

2,554

600

75.

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Eday Airport

Eday

EOI/EGED

2,140

1,774

76.

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Westray Airport

Westray

WRY/EGEW

1,340

2,000

77.

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Tiree Airport

Tiree

TRE/EGPU

1,120

553

78.

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Fair Isle Airport

Fair Isle

FIE/EGEF

1,023

502

79.

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Oban Airport

Oban

OBN/EGEO

1,005

1,502

80.

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Papa Westray Airport

Papa Westray

PPW/EGEP

650

200

See also

  • World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
  • World's busiest airports by traffic movements
  • World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
  • World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic
  • Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
  • China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
  • Busiest airports in the United States by total passenger boardings
  • List of the busiest airports in Brazil
  • Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic
  • List of the busiest airports in Australia
  • List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic
  • Busiest airports in the United States by both domestic and international passengers
  • US busiest airports by international passenger traffic