5 Largest Airports in Europe

2. Heathrow Airport

Number of Total Passengers in 2022: 61.6 million

Heathrow Airport is the biggest airport in the U.K. It serves as a connecting hub between the U.K. and the U.S., has four terminals, and two runways. Heathrow also recently saw protests by customs staff, who stopped working due to complaints of poor working conditions. Overall, when it comes to global passenger traffic, Heathrow is the eighth largest airport in the world – despite the fact that the U.K. is one of the smaller countries globally in terms of land mass.