UK Airports

The website of "UK Airport News" provides a large number of short stories about airports every day - (though not attributed)

The main airports in the UK are:

A Catalogue of UK Airfields

CAA airport statistics for 2006     New figures from the CAA reveal UK airports handled 235,199,000 passengers in 2006, an increase of nearly 3% on the previous year.  The Government expects that number to double over the next 25 years.   Driving last year's growth was the expansion at Britain's regional airports, the bases for many short-haul and domestic flights, which opponents say are disproportionately polluting.  The CAA said traffic at regional airports grew by 4% to a total of 98 million passengers in the last 12 months  - double the number of 10 years ago.   Traffic at London airports meanwhile has grown steadily from 88 million to 137 million over the same period.   Heathrow and Gatwick still account for nearly half of all passengers but many local airports achieved extraordinary growth.    Southend airport in Essex saw a 489% increase in passengers.   City of Derry and Doncaster-Sheffield had growth of 70% and 50% respectively.  Blackpool claims growth of 47% on the year, and Liverpool 13%. Bournemouth and Exeter are  growing fast.   CAA statistics are available at   CAA aviation statistics   CAA Figures Show Increased Air Traffic at UK Airports (2006)                                          UK fastest growing airports (2006)     UK airports handled 235 million passengers in 2006. This was nearly 3% more than in 2005.   Passenger traffic at the 5 main London airports grew by 2%. Traffic at the UKs regional airports grew by 4%. Passengers at Stansted were up by 1.7 million. Passengers at Gatwick were up by 1.4 million. London City Airport saw an increase of 0.4 million, a rise of 18%. At Southend Airport, passenger numbers increased by 489% to 30,000. The fastest growing was Liverpool, up by 13% - 0.6 million more passengers. Second fastest was Nottingham East Midlands, up by 13% - 0.5 million more passengers.   Regional airports handled 48 million passengers in 1996. They handled 98 million passengers in 2006.   The 5 London airports handled 88 million passengers in 1996. They handled 137 million passengers in 2006

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