Busiest Airports In The United Kingdom By Total Passenger Traffic
The tables below contain CAA data from 2006 to 2011, on the busiest airports in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man by total passenger traffic, including information on international, domestic and transit counterparts. The data also shows total aircraft movements and cargo volume handled at each airport. The United Kingdom, an island country, is home to many of Europe's largest and busiest airports.
London Heathrow Airport, which handles over 69 million international passengers annually is the largest airport in the United Kingdom. London serves as the largest aviation hub in the world by passenger traffic, with five international airports, handling over 133 million passengers in 2011, more than any other city. London's second busiest airport, Gatwick, is the world's busiest single runway airport. Manchester Airport is the United Kingdom's third busiest airport and the busiest outside the South East. London Stansted and London Luton are the fourth and fifth busiest airports respectively. The total aircraft movement of London's combined gateways is second only to New York City in runway operations (number of takeoffs and landings).
The largest airlines in the United Kingdom are British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways. The largest airport operator in the United Kingdom is Spanish-owned Heathrow Airport Holdings (owner of London Heathrow and Glasgow International) and the largest British-owned operator is Manchester Airports Group (owner of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands). All four groups are part of the Aviation Foundation which lobby for the aviation needs of the United Kingdom.
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