How many airports does United Kingdom have in this index?

This index retains 15 airport records for United Kingdom (15 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.

Which timezone is United Kingdom in?

All retained airport records in United Kingdom resolve to Europe/London. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.

Does United Kingdom have international airports?

Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 2 records with an international-gateway role label in United Kingdom. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

How does United Kingdom compare with regional peers for airport count?

Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, United Kingdom has 15 records vs. France (15), Germany (15), Russia (14). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country airport index

Airports in United Kingdom.

15 airportsPrimary zone: Europe/London

This page lists 15 retained airport records in our curated United Kingdom airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Holidays in United Kingdom Timezones in United Kingdom

Airport index methodology

How we calculate this: Airports are grouped by country code, then sorted with large airports first and named airports alphabetically inside each type. Local time uses each airport’s stored IANA timezone identifier. Passenger figures, hub-airline tags, and operational facts come from the per-airport curation file when available; absent figures are left blank rather than estimated.
Data sources: OurAirports for IATA/ICAO, coordinates, elevation, and airport type; IANA Time Zone Database for local-time rules; airport-shaped Wikipedia summaries for the curated facts file (passengers, runways, terminals, hub airlines, operator, year opened); hand-curated country dossier sources (FAA, CAAC, DGCA, Rosaviatsiya, IATA, national civil-aviation authorities) for the editorial dossier block where present; curated country records for country names and locale-safe slugs.
Update cadence: Airport country pages revalidate weekly. The OurAirports source CSV was last fetched 2026-04-25; the airport-facts snapshot was last generated 2026-05-21. This page currently represents 15 large airports rather than a complete national aviation registry.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for United Kingdom; it lists 15 retained airport records (15 large airports) across Europe/London.

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Country airport evidence

Why this United Kingdom airport page is retained

12/12 signals

This page is classified as a multi-gateway national network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

multi-gateway national network

United Kingdom has 15 retained large/medium airport records (15 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.

Code and entity coverage

15 IATA, 15 ICAO

15 retained records have airport-facts rows; 15 cite official airport domains and 15 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

3 passenger rows

3 records quote passenger-volume facts; 20 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 15 records carry scheduled-service flags.

Timezone pattern

single airport-timezone cluster

The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.

Verification boundary

65 source URLs

Visible source hosts include belfastairport.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, birminghamairport.co.uk, bristolairport.co.uk, cwlfly.com, edinburghairport.com. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

belfastairport.comen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.combirminghamairport.co.ukbristolairport.co.ukcwlfly.comedinburghairport.com

Traveler planning patterns

How to use United Kingdom airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Manchester Airport (MAN) is the first retained airport to check for United Kingdom; then scan the 15 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

12 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

15 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

United Kingdom has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.

Know what the passenger data covers

3 retained airports quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.

Airport coverage patterns

How the United Kingdom airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

United Kingdom carries 15 retained airport records spread over 14 mapped localities, split 15 large and 0 medium (15 large airports). It is built as a practical timezone and travel index, not a complete aviation registry.

Code reliability

Every retained United Kingdom record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (15 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Every retained airport in United Kingdom resolves to Europe/London (15), so the country's airport clocks move together and a single offset check covers the whole set.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Belfast International Airport (BFS) in Belfast, Birmingham Airport (BHX) in Birmingham, West Midlands, Bristol Airport (BRS) in Bristol, and Cardiff International Airport (CWL) in Cardiff. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as London (LGW, LHR, LTN), Edinburgh (EDI, GLA, PIK), Leeds, West Yorkshire (LBA, LPL, MAN), and Birmingham, West Midlands (BHX, EMA). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

Busiest airport

Manchester Airport (MAN) in Manchester, Greater Manchester at 32.1 million passengers sits at the top of the curated passenger ranking for United Kingdom. Curated passenger figures are attached to 3 retained records on this page. Aggregated curated annual passenger volume across those records is 46.9 million. Numbers come from the airport-facts curation file and reflect the latest year quoted there, not a live traffic feed.

International gateway count

2 retained records carry an international-gateway role label in the curated airport facts for United Kingdom. Notable hub airlines in the curation file include British Airways and Ryanair. Role labels are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

Regional peer comparison

United Kingdom has 15 retained airport records vs. France 15, Germany 15, Russia 14 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained United Kingdom set we have 20 curated runway records, 6 curated terminal records, and 15 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.

Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for United Kingdom

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

15 / 15

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.

Curated passenger coverage

Edinburgh · EDI · Europe/London

EGPH

It is located five nautical miles west of the city centre, just off the M8 and M9 motorways.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 8,392 ft / 2,558 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals

edinburghairport.comen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Single-zone airport clock for United Kingdom

All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Europe/London, UTC+01:00 BST with DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.

Busiest curated airports

Top airports in United Kingdom by curated passenger volume

Numbers from airport-facts file

These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.

Manchester Airport

Manchester, Greater Manchester · MAN

32.1 million passengers

2 runways

Glasgow Airport

Glasgow · GLA

8.06 million passengers (2024)

1 runway

Belfast International Airport

Belfast · BFS

6.7 million passengers

2 runways · 1 passenger terminal terminals

Regional peer comparison

United Kingdom vs. Europe peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

Country	Airports	Large / medium	IANA zones
United Kingdom	15	15 / 0	1
France	15	15 / 0	1
Germany	15	15 / 0	1
Russia	14	14 / 0	5

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for United Kingdom aviation

Hand-curated

UK airports processed 295 million passenger journeys in 2024 per the CAA, with London's six airports alone handling 177 million. Heathrow (LHR) carried 83.9 million in 2024 and remains Europe's busiest by passenger traffic. British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair (Stansted-anchored), Jet2, and TUI Airways dominate. The CAA regulates economically and operationally; the Department for Transport sets policy. Heathrow third-runway, Gatwick second-runway, and net-zero SAF mandates are the live policy debates.

Sources

Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

United Kingdom airport questions

How many airports does United Kingdom have in this index?: This index retains 15 airport records for United Kingdom (15 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
What is the busiest airport in United Kingdom?: Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for United Kingdom is Manchester Airport (MAN) in Manchester, Greater Manchester at 32.1 million passengers. Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.
Which timezone is United Kingdom in?: All retained airport records in United Kingdom resolve to Europe/London. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.
Does United Kingdom have international airports?: Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 2 records with an international-gateway role label in United Kingdom. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
How does United Kingdom compare with regional peers for airport count?: Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, United Kingdom has 15 records vs. France (15), Germany (15), Russia (14). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country overview

Airport coverage for United Kingdom

The retained catalog currently includes 15 airport records in 14 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.

Retained records

Airport localities

Timezone records

1 zone

Time-zone planning

Use the airport clock for travel math

For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.

Europe/London15 airports

Codes, clocks, and city mapping

How to read the United Kingdom airport index

IATA + ICAO reference

IATA coverage

15 codes

Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.

ICAO coverage

15 codes

Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.

Airport mix

15 large / 0 medium

Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.

DST travel risk

Single-zone

Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.

Major city to airport links

These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.

London

4 linked airports

city clock

LGW London Gatwick Airport (Europe/London); LHR London Heathrow Airport (Europe/London); LTN London Luton Airport (Europe/London)

Edinburgh

3 linked airports

city clock

EDI Edinburgh Airport (Europe/London); GLA Glasgow Airport (Europe/London); PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport (Europe/London)

Leeds, West Yorkshire

3 linked airports

city clock

LBA Leeds Bradford Airport (Europe/London); LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport (Europe/London); MAN Manchester Airport (Europe/London)

Birmingham, West Midlands

2 linked airports

city clock

BHX Birmingham Airport (Europe/London); EMA East Midlands Airport (Europe/London)

Major airport list

Key airports in United Kingdom

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Belfast International Airport

Belfast

BFS

large airport · Europe/London

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham, West Midlands

BHX

large airport · Europe/London

Bristol Airport

Bristol

BRS

large airport · Europe/London

Cardiff International Airport

Cardiff

CWL

large airport · Europe/London

East Midlands Airport

Nottingham, Leicestershire

EMA

large airport · Europe/London

Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh

EDI

large airport · Europe/London

Route-planning cues

When this airport index is useful

Start with gateway airports

15 large airports

Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.

Check the local clock

1 timezone

Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.

Move to city context

12 linked airports

Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.

Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.

City coverage

Airport cities with time pages

London4 airports Edinburgh3 airports Leeds, West Yorkshire3 airports Birmingham, West Midlands2 airports

Illustrative airport time board

Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.

Destination

Flight

Gate

Local Time

BELFAST (BFS)

QF 215

E18

BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS (BHX)

AF 676

C02

BRISTOL (BRS)

UA 652

B05

CARDIFF (CWL)

QF 548

E18

NOTTINGHAM, LEICESTERSHIRE (EMA)

QF 875

E18

EDINBURGH (EDI)

AF 456

C02

GLASGOW (GLA)

SQ 590

A11

PRESTWICK, SOUTH AYRSHIRE (PIK)

SQ 705

A11

IATA	Name	City	Type
BFS	Belfast International Airport	Belfast	large airport
BHX	Birmingham Airport	Birmingham, West Midlands	large airport
BRS	Bristol Airport	Bristol	large airport
CWL	Cardiff International Airport	Cardiff	large airport
EMA	East Midlands Airport	Nottingham, Leicestershire	large airport
EDI	Edinburgh Airport	Edinburgh	large airport
GLA	Glasgow Airport	Glasgow	large airport
PIK	Glasgow Prestwick Airport	Prestwick, South Ayrshire	large airport
LBA	Leeds Bradford Airport	Leeds, West Yorkshire	large airport
LPL	Liverpool John Lennon Airport	Liverpool	large airport
LGW	London Gatwick Airport	London	large airport
LHR	London Heathrow Airport	London	large airport
LTN	London Luton Airport	Luton, Luton	large airport
STN	London Stansted Airport	London, Essex	large airport
MAN	Manchester Airport	Manchester, Greater Manchester	large airport

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