Airports across the UK have revealed how much they are planning to expand over the next two decades.
Doncaster Sheffield is planning to boost passenger numbers by 490% by 2037, while Heathrow wants to increase its capacity by 50 million – to 130 million travellers a year, according to airport “masterplans” reviewed by Sky News.
Find your nearest airport below to see how much it is planning to expand in the coming years.
Aberdeen
The airport is planning to increase passenger numbers by 66% in the next two decades. It had just over three million passengers in 2018 and is aiming for more than five million by 2040.
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Belfast City
The airport plans to increase passenger numbers from 2.51 million in 2018 to 3.2 million by 2030 – a 28% rise, according to figures from environmental group Airport Watch.
Belfast International
The airport’s masterplan includes a target to have 10.4 million passengers in 2030, 66% up on the 6.27 million travellers in 2018.
Birmingham
The airport wants to expand to have 18 million passengers a year by 2033. That would be a 45% increase on the 12.46 million passengers that travelled in 2018.
Bristol
The airport wants to increase passenger numbers by 38% to 12 million by 2025. It had 8.7 million travellers in 2018.
Cardiff
The airport is aiming to increase passenger numbers by 90% to three million, although it has not said which year this would be achieved. It had 1.58 million passengers in 2018.
City
According to a draft masterplan for the London airport, it wants to boost passenger numbers by 128% by 2035. It had 4.82 million passengers in 2018 but wants this to rise to 11 million.
Doncaster Sheffield
The airport plans to expand passenger numbers by a massive 490% over the next two decades. It had 1.22 million passengers in 2018 and hopes to have 7.2 million by 2037.
East Midlands
The airport is planning to increase passenger numbers by more than double, from 4.87 million in 2018 to 10 million in 2040.
Edinburgh
The airport had 14.29 million passengers in 2018 but wants this to rise by 44% to 20.5 million by 2040.
Gatwick
The UK’s second busiest airport is aiming to expand passenger numbers to 70 million by 2032-33. This would be a 52% increase on the 49.09 million passengers it had 2018.
Glasgow
The airport is planning to increase passenger numbers by 98%, from 9.66 million in 2018 to 19.17 million by 2040.
Heathrow
The UK’s biggest airport is aiming to increase annual passenger numbers to 130 million – up 62% on the 80.12 million travellers in 2018. The extra capacity will come from building a third runway.
Leeds Bradford
The airport wants seven million passengers a year by 2030 – a 73% increase on the 4.04 million passengers in 2018.
Liverpool
The airport wants to boost passenger numbers by 55% in the next decade. It had 5.05 million passengers in 2018 and is aiming for 7.8 million by 2030, and 11 million by 2050.
Luton
The airport is aiming to increase its capacity to 32 million passengers a year – a 50% increase on the 16.77 million passengers in 2018.
Manchester
The airport’s masterplan is to have 50 million passengers in 2030, up 77% on the 28.29 million passengers in 2018.
Newcastle
The airport had 5.33 million passengers in 2018 but wants this to increase to 9.4 million a year by 2035 – a 76% increase.
Southampton
The airport is planning to increase passenger numbers by 151% by 2037. It had 1.99 million passengers in 2018 but is aiming for five million a year.
Southend
The airport is aiming to boost passenger numbers by 238% by 2022 to five million travellers a year. It had 1.48 million passengers in 2018.
Stansted
The airport wants to expand to have 43 million passengers a year, up 53% on the 28 million passengers in 2018. However the airport’s plan, which was agreed by the local authority, is under review.
