Top 10 UK airports
Birmingham International Airport is the 6th busiest UK airport in terms of passengers handled
- putting that in context a summary of the "top ten" UK airports is set out below.
|
Airport
|
2007 Pax
|
2006 Pax
|
%
|
2007
|
2006
|
|
London Heathrow
|
68,066,028
|
67,527,923
|
+0.80
|
1
|
1
|
|
London Gatwick
|
35,216,113
|
334,163,579
|
+3.08
|
2
|
2
|
|
London Stansted
|
23,779,697
|
23,687,013
|
+0.40
|
3
|
3
|
|
Manchester
|
22,112,625
|
22,442,855
|
-1.47
|
4
|
4
|
|
Luton
|
9,927,321
|
9,425,908
|
+5.32
|
5
|
5
|
|
Birmingham
|
9,226,340
|
9,147,384
|
+0.86
|
6
|
6
|
|
Edinburgh
|
9,047,558
|
8,611,345
|
+5.06
|
7
|
8
|
|
Glasgow
|
8,795,727
|
8,848,755
|
-0.60
|
8
|
7
|
|
Bristol
|
5,926,774
|
5,757,963
|
+2.93
|
9
|
9
|
|
Newcastle
|
5,650,716
|
5,431,976
|
+4.03
|
10
|
10
|