United Kingdom
United Kingdom airport guideAirport Overview
The scale of this country or region’s airports, its main hubs and the cities they serve.
United Kingdom lies in Europe. This site covers 5 airports, 7 terminals and 341 gates there. Heathrow Airport (LHR) is the largest by annual passengers, at about 84 million. The airports serve cities including London, Ashford, Anglesey. Every airport has a terminal layout diagram, gate ranges and ground transport notes.
The United Kingdom is covered here by three airports, all serving London: Heathrow (LHR), Gatwick (LGW) and London Stansted (STN). Together they hold 7 terminals and 341 gates and handle about 157 million passengers a year — the highest gate total of any European country in this directory, behind only the United States overall.
Heathrow
Heathrow (LHR) lies about 24 km from central London. Its 4 terminals hold 95 gates, and at about 84 million passengers a year it is the largest UK airport covered here.
Gatwick
Gatwick (LGW) lies about 46 km from central London. Its 2 terminals hold 159 gates — the most of any two-terminal airport in this directory — for about 45 million passengers a year.
London Stansted
London Stansted (STN) lies about 48 km from central London, the farthest out of the three. A single terminal holds 87 gates and it handles about 28 million passengers a year.
Each airport page carries a terminal layout diagram, gate ranges, main airlines and ground transport options; search the directory by IATA code to jump straight to one.
United Kingdom airport distribution mapAirport Distribution
55 scheduled airports nationwide (large, medium and small); terminal maps are compiled for 5 of them. The full list follows.
| IATA | Airport | City | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABZ | Aberdeen International Airport | Aberdeen | Large |
| BFS | Belfast International Airport | Belfast | Large |
| BHX | Birmingham Airport | Birmingham, West Midlands | Large |
| BRS | Bristol Airport | Bristol | Large |
| CWL | Cardiff International Airport | Cardiff | Large |
| EMA | East Midlands Airport | Nottingham, Leicestershire | Large |
| EDI | Edinburgh Airport | Ingliston, Edinburgh | Large |
| GLA | Glasgow Airport | Glasgow | Large |
| PIK | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | Prestwick, South Ayrshire | Large |
| LBA | Leeds Bradford Airport | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Large |
| LPL | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | Liverpool | Large |
| LGW | London Gatwick AirportCovered here | London | Large |
| LHR | London Heathrow AirportCovered here | London | Large |
| LTN | London Luton Airport | Luton, Luton | Large |
| STN | London Stansted AirportCovered here | London, Essex | Large |
| MAN | Manchester Airport | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Large |
| NCL | Newcastle International Airport | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear | Large |
| VLY | Anglesey AirportCovered here | Angelsey | Medium |
| BRR | Barra Airport | Eoligarry | Medium |
| BEB | Benbecula Airport | Balivanich | Medium |
| BOH | Bournemouth Airport | Bournemouth | Medium |
| CAL | Campbeltown Airport | Campbeltown | Medium |
| LDY | City of Derry Airport | Derry, Derry and Strabane | Medium |
| NQY | Cornwall Airport Newquay | Newquay | Medium |
| DND | Dundee Airport | Dundee | Medium |
| EOI | Eday Airport | Eday | Medium |
| EXT | Exeter International Airport | Exeter, Devon | Medium |
| BHD | George Best Belfast City Airport | Belfast | Medium |
| HUY | Humberside Airport | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | Medium |
| INV | Inverness Airport | Inverness | Medium |
| ILY | Islay Airport | Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute | Medium |
| KOI | Kirkwall Airport | Kirkwall, Orkney Islands | Medium |
| LCY | London City Airport | London | Medium |
| SEN | London Southend Airport | Southend-on-Sea, Essex | Medium |
| LYM | LYMCovered here | — | Medium |
| NWI | Norwich Airport | Norwich, Norfolk | Medium |
| SOU | Southampton Airport | Southampton | Medium |
| SYY | Stornoway Airport | Stornoway, Western Isles | Medium |
| LSI | Sumburgh Airport | Lerwick, Shetland | Medium |
| MME | Teesside International Airport | Darlington, Durham | Medium |
| TRE | Tiree Airport | Balemartine, Argyll and Bute | Medium |
| WIC | Wick John O'Groats Airport | Wick | Medium |
| COL | Coll Airport | Coll Island | Small |
| CSA | Colonsay Airstrip | Colonsay | Small |
| FIE | Fair Isle Airport | Fair Isle | Small |
| FOA | Foula Airfield | Foula | Small |
| LEQ | Land's End Airport | Land's End, Cornwall | Small |
| LWK | Lerwick / Tingwall Airport | Lerwick, Shetland Islands | Small |
| NRL | North Ronaldsay Airport | North Ronaldsay | Small |
| OBN | Oban Airport | North Connel | Small |
| PPW | Papa Westray Airport | Papa Westray, Orkney Islands | Small |
| NDY | Sanday Airport | Sanday | Small |
| ISC | St. Mary's Airport | St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly | Small |
| SOY | Stronsay Airport | Stronsay | Small |
| WRY | Westray Airport | Westray, Orkney Islands | Small |
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