What airports are in the UK outside London?

Other airports in the South East of England include Gatwick, London City Airport, Luton, London Southend and Stansted. Important regional airports include Manchester Airport, Birmingham Airport, Liverpool Airport, Bristol Airport, Glasgow International Airport, Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh and Newcastle.



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The remaining four international 'London' airports - London Luton, London Stansted, London Southend and London Gatwick - are not actually in the capital. London Ashford Airport and London Oxford Airport, two smaller airports, are also not in London.

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Other nearby airports include London Heathrow (LHR) (14.4 miles), London Gatwick (LGW) (24.5 miles), London Luton (LTN) (28 miles) and London Stansted (STN) (31.4 miles).

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It is not as if the city of London planned where to put each airport. They were there when the need for additional capacity appeared; in some cases the airports initially served local municipalities and cargo airlines, later to be used by charter and other airlines when the airports closer to London were full.

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Closest Airports to London by Travel Time
  • Heathrow Airport – 15 minutes by Heathrow Express train to London Paddington.
  • London City Airport – ~20 minutes to most destinations in London.
  • Gatwick Airport – 30 minutes by Gatwick Express to London Victoria.
  • Luton Airport – 35 minutes by train + shuttle bus to London St.


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It takes an average of 49m to travel from Gatwick Airport to London by train, over a distance of around 24 miles (39 km). There are normally 915 trains per day traveling from Gatwick Airport to London and tickets for this journey start from $14.98 when you book in advance.

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London Southend Airport (SEN) Southend serves the smallest number of passengers of all the airports on the list and is furthest away from the city. The transfer time to central London is also the longest. Depending on your flexibility, you could find cheap flights here with easyJet.

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Heathrow is the closest major airport to central London, with a 15-minute train ride taking passengers from Terminals 2 and 3 to London Paddington.

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The six international airports are Heathrow, Stansted, Gatwick, Luton, Southend, and London City airport. They together make the busiest airport system in the world and the city also ranks as the 2nd busiest in terms of aircraft movements.

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Records. The fastest time for an airliner on the route is 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds, this was achieved on an eastbound JFK-LHR Concorde service on 7 February 1996. The current fastest subsonic passenger service on the route was achieved by British Airways on 9 February 2020 with a time of 4 hours 56 minutes.

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Heathrow lacks the low-cost element of Gatwick Airport. London Gatwick is a hub of low-cost operations, which London Heathrow is not.

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Tuesday is by far the cheapest day to make the trip to London, so save on your flights while making a week of it and enjoy the lull before the storm that is England's capital on a Friday night.

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