UK AIRPORTS GUIDE.
Despite the attempt of airports to improve the passenger experience (Heathrow Airport is spending £1 billion each year for the next five years) it is a fact for many passengers that the experience is not pleasant when one considers the cost of parking for the 45% of passengers that are estimated to drive to the airport, delays at check in with the possibilty of excess baggage charges, the unfortunate long delays at security which are made worse by the current world security issues-unless you have chosen to be fast tracked and paid for the privilege and then finally once through security the departure lounge beckons your wallet with (over priced food) and drink and a multitude of shopping outlets.
This site is designed to give an overview of each of the UK's airports and if you would like to add information that might help others please use the contact us tab at the top of the page.
Information is available on parking, airport hotels, airport lounges, smoking facilities if available, shopping and food and drink and much more.
For details on a particular airport that you are interested in simply click on the airport name on the right.
In 2010 if heliports and the channel islands and isle of man airport are included 213,933,050 passengers used the 40 busiest airports in the UK.
They also contibute to the UK economy in a large way with Heathrow Airport alone employing 6,422 through BAA the owners and an estimated total of 76,500 at the airport.
News
March 2012 - UK airports handled 219 million passengers
during 2011 according to figures published today by the Civil Aviation
Authority (CAA), an increase of 4.1% (8.6 million) on 2010. The majority of UK
airport passengers (130 million out of a total of 219 million) were bound for,
or arriving from, geographical Europe representing an increase of 6.4% from
2010. Within this, the largest increase was in passengers travelling to and
from Spain (up by 2.8 million, an increase of 10%), with the largest fall in
passengers travelling to and from an individual European country was Turkey,
where numbers fell by 4% (0.2 million).
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