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UK's Busiest Airports

These were the top 10 biggest UK airports (by total passenger numbers) in 2002:

1 Heathrow 63,000,000

2 Gatwick 29,500,000

3 Manchester 18,600,000

4 Stansted 16,000,000

5 Birmingham 7,900,000

6 Glasgow 7,800,000

7 Edinburgh 6,900,000

8 Luton 6,400,000

9 Belfast International 3,600,000

10 Bristol 3,400,000

The following table contains the full passenger number and freight handling data for the busiest UK airports in 2002. Passenger numbers are shown in thousands².

Airport Domestic Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total (thousands tonnes)

All UK Airports 42,082 108,906 37,892 188,880 2,195

Newcastle 1,165 626 1,597 3,387 1

Manchester 2,743 6,463 9,412 18,618 113

Leeds/Bradford 477 486 563 1,526 -

Liverpool 736 1,685 414 2,835 14

East Midlands 548 1,097 1,588 3,233 219

Birmingham 1,222 3,762 2,928 7,911 13

Luton 1,745 3,665 1,064 6,474 20

Stansted 2,461 12,385 1,203 16,049 184

Heathrow 6,674 56,237 124 63,035 1,235

Gatwick 3,427 15,029 11,062 29,518 243

London City 417 1,184 1 1,602 -

Bristol 925 1,194 1,296 3,415 -

Cardiff 108 344 964 1,416 1

Aberdeen 1,613 407 529 2,549 4

Edinburgh 5,079 1,418 415 6,911 21

Glasgow 4,297 1,157 2,315 7,769 5

Belfast City 1,886 1 3 1,890 1

Belfast International 2,683 182 686 3,551 29

Other UK airports 3,877 1,587 1,726 7,190 90

Information

Airports handling one million passengers or more in 2002. Includes British Government/armed forces on official business and travel to/from oil rigs. Data are not comparable with years prior to 2001 because of the exclusion of air taxi operations before this date.
Arrivals and departures.
Domestic traffic is counted at airports on arrival and departure.
Including airports handling fewer than one million passengers.

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