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What is the 4 busiest airport in the UK?

London Stansted and London Luton are the fourth and fifth busiest airports, respectively. The largest airport operator in the United Kingdom is Heathrow Airport Holdings (owner of Heathrow), followed by Manchester Airports Group (owner of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands).



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Smaller airports include Exeter Airport, Newquay, Southampton, St Mary's Airport (Scilly Isles) Stornoway Airport and Cardiff Airport.

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Using the full-year 2022 annual passenger numbers from the UK Civil Aviation (CAA), the following are the top 5 airports.
  1. 1 London Heathrow – 61.6 million passengers. ...
  2. 2 London Gatwick – 32.83 million passengers. ...
  3. 3 Manchester – 23.34 million passengers. ...
  4. 4 London Stansted – 23.29 million passengers.


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For a list ranked by volume of traffic, see Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic.
  • East Midlands.
  • Luton.
  • Norwich.
  • Southend.
  • Stansted.
  • Heathrow.
  • City.
  • Teesside.


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There are over 40 airports around the UK, some of which top the list of the busiest airports in Europe. The map below shows a list of all major UK domestic and international airports. Scroll down to find more information about these major UK airports and the best ways to travel to and from them by train or coach.

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Shoreham Airport, UK The UK's oldest airport is at Shoreham, near Brighton. It opened in 1910 with a number of flying enthusiasts using it as a base for bold, early flights. The first (according to the airport's documented history) was Harold Piffard.

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'London's largest airport, Heathrow, is hemmed in by the suburbs and limited to just two runways,' he explains. 'Because it can't expand, the demand for air travel is met by smaller, single-runway airports around the South-East: Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Southend.

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