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
|
2008 Pax
|
2007 Pax
|
%
|
2008
|
2007
|
|
London Heathrow
|
67,054,745
|
68,066,028
|
-1.49
|
1
|
1
|
|
London Gatwick
|
34,205,887
|
35,216,113
|
-2.87
|
2
|
2
|
|
London Stansted
|
22,360,364
|
23,779,697
|
-5.97
|
3
|
3
|
|
Manchester
|
21,219,195
|
22,112,625
|
-4.04
|
4
|
4
|
|
Luton
|
10,180,734
|
9,927,321
|
+2.55
|
5
|
5
|
|
Birmingham
|
9,627,589
|
9,226,340
|
+4.34
|
6
|
6
|
|
Edinburgh
|
9,006,702
|
9,047,558
|
-0.45
|
7
|
7
|
|
Glasgow
|
8,178,891
|
8,795,653
|
-7.01
|
8
|
8
|
|
Bristol
|
6,267,114
|
5,926,774
|
+5.74
|
9
|
9
|
|
Newcastle
|
5,059,993
|
5,650,716
|
-10.81
|
10
|
10
|
