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