The 30 largest airports and airlines in the United Kingdom

Further information is provided on the 30 biggest airports in the United Kingdom. At London Heathrow Airport alone, 86 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 171 destinations.

Out of the 13 airlines of the country we have listed biggest 9. EasyJet is leading here with a total of 136 flight destinations.

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The 30 biggest airports in the United Kingdom

IATA	Name	City	Airlines	Destinations
LHR	London Heathrow Airport	London	86	171
MAN	Manchester Airport	Manchester	50	146
LGW	London Gatwick Airport	London	47	165
BHX	Birmingham International Airport	Birmingham	26	81
GLA	Glasgow International Airport	Glasgow	26	63
NCL	Newcastle Airport	Newcastle	24	49
EDI	Edinburgh Airport	Edinburgh	24	88
ABZ	Aberdeen Dyce Airport	Aberdeen	17	29
BRS	Bristol Airport	Bristol	15	73
CWL	Cardiff International Airport	Cardiff	14	20
LBA	Leeds Bradford Airport	Leeds	13	51
EMA	East Midlands Airport	Nottingham	10	57
STN	London Stansted Airport	London	10	153
LTN	London Luton Airport	London	8	85
BHD	George Best Belfast City Airport	Belfast	6	18
NWI	Norwich International Airport	Norwich	6	8
EXT	Exeter International Airport	Exeter	6	19
BFS	Belfast International Airport	Belfast	5	29
SOU	Southampton Airport	Southampton	5	23
DSA	Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport	Doncaster	4	8
LPL	Liverpool John Lennon Airport	Liverpool	4	48
BOH	Bournemouth Airport	Bournemouth	3	17
BZZ	RAF Brize Norton	Brize Norton	n/a	n/a
LCY	London City Airport	London	12	35
NQY	Newquay Cornwall Airport	Newquay	4	5
HUY	Humberside Airport	Grimsby	4	4
BLK	Blackpool International Airport	Blackpool	3	9
MME	Durham Tees Valley Airport	Durham	3	2
SEN	Southend Airport	Southend	2	14
KOI	Kirkwall Airport	Orkney Islands	2	11

Freight volume

In 2021, a total of 4.10 billion ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in the United Kingdom. London Heathrow Airport alone accounted for around 1.67 million metric tons.

The biggest airlines based in the United Kingdom

The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is EasyJet. In 2021, it carried 20.40 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 323 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in the United Kingdom are:

IATA	Name	Callsign	Fleet size	Destinations
U2	EasyJet	Easy	323	136
BA	British Airways	Speedbird	257	183
LS	Jet2.com	Channex	90	50
BY	TUI Airways	Tomjet	64	96
VS	Virgin Atlantic	Virgin	40	37
LM	Loganair	Logan	39	42
CJ	BA CityFlyer	Flyer	22	26
W9	Wizz Air UK	Wizz Go	17	n/a
RK	Ryanair UK	Bluemax	9	n/a

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