This list of airports in the United Kingdom is a partial list of public active
aerodrome
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s (
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
s and airfields) in the UK and the British Crown Dependencies. Most private airfields are not listed. For a list ranked by volume of traffic, see
.
The ICAO codes for airports in the United Kingdom (and its Crown Dependencies) begin with the two letters "EG".
RAF Mount Pleasant on the
Falkland Islands
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also uses the "EG" code.
Airport names in ''italics'' are listed in the UK
Aeronautical Information Publication
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Aerodromes published in the UK AIP
an
/ref> Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s). Runway information is for the longest runway when more than one is available.
Airports in England
Airports in Northern Ireland
Airports in Scotland
Airports in Wales
Airports in the British Crown Dependencies
See also
* Aviation in the United Kingdom Aviation in the United Kingdom refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight in the United Kingdom, in both civilian and military contexts.
Civil aviation
Civil aviation is conducted under the supervision of the Civil Aviation Authority ...
* List of air stations of the Royal Navy
* List of Royal Air Force stations
* List of airports by ICAO code: E#EG - United Kingdom (and British Crown dependencies)
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Europe#United Kingdom
Airports in British overseas territories
* List of airports in Anguilla
Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory ...
* List of airports in Bermuda
* List of airports in the British Indian Ocean Territory
* List of airports in the British Virgin Islands
* List of airports in the Cayman Islands
* List of airports in the Falkland Islands
* List of airports in Gibraltar
Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The runway is owned by the Ministry of Defence for use by the Royal Air Force as RAF Gibraltar. Civilian ...
* List of airports in Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is ni ...
* List of airports in Saint Helena
* List of airports in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Footnotes
References
External links
World Aero Data - Airports in United Kingdom
{{Tourism in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
Airports in the United Kingdom