which is the busiest airport in the uk
Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic The United Kingdom, an island country, is home to many of Europe's largest and busiest airports. London-Heathrow, which handles over 75 million international passengers annually, is the largest airport in the UK. London serves as the largest aviation hub in the world by passenger traffic, with six international airports, handling over 163 million passengers in 2016,[1] more than any other city.[2] London's second-busiest airport, London-Gatwick, was until 2016 the world's busiest single-runway airport.[3] Manchester Airport is the United Kingdom's third-busiest airport. London-Stansted and London-Luton are the fourth- and fifth-busiest airports, respectively.