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The following is a list of the 40 largest UK airports in 2015, from provisional CAA statistics.
Total Passengers
Rank Airport Change 2014/5 2015 2014
1 | Heathrow | 2.10% | 74,954,289 | 73,405,330 |
2 | Gatwick | 5.70% | 40,261,212 | 38,103,667 |
3 | Manchester | 5.00% | 23,096,829 | 21,989,682 |
4 | Stansted | 12.90% | 22,513,443 | 19,941,593 |
5 | Luton | 17.00% | 12,262,842 | 10,484,938 |
6 | Edinburgh | 9.40% | 11,113,599 | 10,160,004 |
7 | Birmingham | 4.90% | 10,180,175 | 9,705,955 |
8 | Glasgow | 12.90% | 8,709,964 | 7,715,988 |
9 | Bristol | 7.00% | 6,781,709 | 6,339,805 |
10 | Newcastle | 1.00% | 4,560,485 | 4,516,739 |
11 | East Midlands | -1.40% | 4,446,219 | 4,510,544 |
12 | Belfast Int | 8.80% | 4,390,407 | 4,033,954 |
13 | London City | 18.40% | 4,319,301 | 3,647,824 |
14 | Liverpool | 7.80% | 4,295,763 | 3,986,654 |
15 | Aberdeen | -6.80% | 3,469,847 | 3,723,662 |
16 | Leeds Bradford | 5.20% | 3,445,491 | 3,274,474 |
17 | Belfast City | 5.40% | 2,692,729 | 2,555,145 |
18 | Southampton | -3.10% | 1,775,789 | 1,831,732 |
19 | Jersey | 2.50% | 1,532,392 | 1,495,707 |
20 | Cardiff | 13.10% | 1,158,383 | 1,023,932 |
21 | Southend | -18.20% | 901,553 | 1,102,358 |
22 | Guernsey | -4.10% | 857,789 | 894,602 |
23 | Doncaster Sheffield | 18.20% | 856,592 | 724,885 |
24 | Exeter | 7.00% | 821,257 | 767,404 |
25 | Isle of Man | 7.00% | 780,857 | 729,703 |
26 | Bournemouth | 6.60% | 705,433 | 661,584 |
27 | Inverness | 8.90% | 667,560 | 612,725 |
28 | Glasgow Prestwick | 33.20% | 609,937 | 913,685 |
29 | Norwich | 0.20% | 459,679 | 458,968 |
30 | City of Derry | 18.80% | 284,482 | 350,257 |
31 | Sumburgh | 2.10% | 270,158 | 264,521 |
32 | Scatsta | -9.40% | 253,526 | 279,799 |
33 | Newquay | 13.20% | 250,278 | 221,047 |
34 | Humberside | -7.50% | 221,203 | 239,173 |
35 | Kirkwall | -7.20% | 149,724 | 161,347 |
36 | Durham Tees Valley | -1.40% | 140,361 | 142,379 |
37 | Stornoway | -3.50% | 124,996 | 129,481 |
38 | Isles of Scilly | 4.10% | 94,718 | 90,944 |
39 | Alderney | -2.40% | 59,843 | 61,317 |
40 | Land's End | 20.80% | 53,704 | 44,475 |
5.50% | 254,524,518 | 241,297,983 | ||
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