Distance to the nearest airport with passenger flights, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to the nearest airport with passenger flights. An island airport with a few flights a day counts like Heathrow. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Isles of Scilly, 2.8. The council in the middle: High Peak, 24.3. Highest: Pembrokeshire, 99.3.

Distance to the nearest airport with passenger flights, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1	Isles of ScillySouth West	2.8
2	NewhamLondon	3.8
3	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	3.9
4	GreenwichLondon	4.1
5	EastleighSouth East	4.6
6	RenfrewshireScotland	4.9
7	CrawleySouth East	5.0
8 joint	Dundee CityScotland	5.2
8 joint	LutonEast of England	5.2
10 joint	NorwichEast of England	5.3
10 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	5.3
10 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	5.3
10 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	5.3
14	RochfordEast of England	5.4
15 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	5.9
15 joint	BelfastNorthern Ireland	5.9
17	FyldeNorth West	6.1
18	Tower HamletsLondon	6.6
19 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	7.1
19 joint	Barking and DagenhamLondon	7.1
21	Aberdeen CityScotland	7.4
22 joint	ExeterSouth West	7.5
22 joint	BroadlandEast of England	7.5
22 joint	HounslowLondon	7.5
25	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	7.7
26	BexleyLondon	7.8
27	Vale of GlamorganWales	8.0
28	LewishamLondon	8.2
29	DarlingtonNorth East	8.3
30	TraffordNorth West	8.6
31 joint	HillingdonLondon	8.7
31 joint	Castle PointEast of England	8.7
33	RedbridgeLondon	8.8
34	HaltonNorth West	9.1
35 joint	South AyrshireScotland	9.3
35 joint	Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland	9.3
37	SouthwarkLondon	9.6
38	City of EdinburghScotland	9.7
39 joint	StockportNorth West	10.0
39 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	10.0
39 joint	West DunbartonshireScotland	10.0
39 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	10.0
39 joint	HackneyLondon	10.0
44 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	10.1
44 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	10.1
46 joint	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	10.3
46 joint	City of LondonLondon	10.3
48	Waltham ForestLondon	10.4
49	KnowsleyNorth West	10.7
50 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	10.8
50 joint	SloughSouth East	10.8
52	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	10.9
53	EalingLondon	11.0
54	BirminghamWest Midlands	11.3
55	Glasgow CityScotland	11.4
56 joint	ManchesterNorth West	11.8
56 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	11.8
58 joint	East RenfrewshireScotland	11.9
58 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	11.9
60	ErewashEast Midlands	12.0
61	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	12.2
62 joint	GatesheadNorth East	12.3
62 joint	North SomersetSouth West	12.3
64 joint	IslingtonLondon	12.5
64 joint	North TynesideNorth East	12.5
66	St AlbansEast of England	12.8
67 joint	Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland	12.9
67 joint	BristolSouth West	12.9
69	StevenageEast of England	13.0
70	BromleyLondon	13.2
71	HaveringLondon	13.3
72 joint	LambethLondon	13.4
72 joint	Orkney IslandsScotland	13.4
74	DerbyEast Midlands	13.5
75	New ForestSouth East	13.7
76	Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland	13.8
77	WinchesterSouth East	14.0
78	MiddlesbroughNorth East	14.2
79	WyreNorth West	14.4
80 joint	East DevonSouth West	14.5
80 joint	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	14.5
82 joint	HaringeyLondon	14.6
82 joint	East DunbartonshireScotland	14.6
84	Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland	14.8
85 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	14.9
85 joint	FarehamSouth East	14.9
85 joint	Shetland IslandsScotland	14.9
85 joint	TandridgeSouth East	14.9
89 joint	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	15.1
89 joint	DartfordSouth East	15.1
89 joint	West LothianScotland	15.1
92	CharnwoodEast Midlands	15.2
93 joint	CamdenLondon	15.3
93 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	15.3
93 joint	WirralNorth West	15.3
96	East HertfordshireEast of England	15.4
97	WestminsterLondon	15.5
98	Mole ValleySouth East	15.8
99	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	15.9
100 joint	St. HelensNorth West	16.0
100 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	16.0
100 joint	HarrowLondon	16.0
103	CardiffWales	16.1
104	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	16.3
105 joint	BasildonEast of England	16.4
105 joint	SalfordNorth West	16.4
105 joint	East AyrshireScotland	16.4
108 joint	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	16.5
108 joint	WandsworthLondon	16.5
108 joint	HarlowEast of England	16.5
111	DacorumEast of England	16.7
112 joint	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	16.8
112 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	16.8
112 joint	MaldonEast of England	16.8
115 joint	BrentLondon	16.9
115 joint	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	16.9
117	Mid SussexSouth East	17.3
118 joint	CroydonLondon	17.4
118 joint	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	17.4
118 joint	Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland	17.4
121 joint	WarringtonNorth West	17.5
121 joint	Epping ForestEast of England	17.5
123	South TynesideNorth East	17.8
124 joint	EnfieldLondon	17.9
124 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	17.9
126	SeftonNorth West	18.2
127	WokingSouth East	18.3
128	MertonLondon	18.4
129 joint	TamesideNorth West	18.5
129 joint	ThurrockEast of England	18.5
131	MidlothianScotland	18.6
132	South NorfolkEast of England	18.7
133	NottinghamEast Midlands	18.8
134	Epsom and EwellSouth East	19.0
135	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	19.2
136 joint	Three RiversEast of England	19.3
136 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	19.3
138	RushcliffeEast Midlands	19.4
139 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	19.5
139 joint	TamworthWest Midlands	19.5
141	Mid DevonSouth West	19.6
142 joint	HorshamSouth East	20.1
142 joint	North AyrshireScotland	20.1
144	ChelmsfordEast of England	20.2
145	FifeScotland	20.3
146	BarnetLondon	20.6
147 joint	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	20.9
147 joint	SuttonLondon	20.9
149 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	21.3
149 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	21.3
151 joint	WatfordEast of England	21.4
151 joint	GosportSouth East	21.4
153 joint	SevenoaksSouth East	21.5
153 joint	InverclydeScotland	21.5
155	South GloucestershireSouth West	21.6
156 joint	Test ValleySouth East	21.7
156 joint	RedditchWest Midlands	21.7
156 joint	Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland	21.7
159	WarwickWest Midlands	21.8
160	PrestonNorth West	21.9
161	BromsgroveWest Midlands	22.2
162	Bracknell ForestSouth East	22.3
163	BrentwoodEast of England	22.6
164	Surrey HeathSouth East	22.8
165 joint	HertsmereEast of England	22.9
165 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	22.9
165 joint	South RibbleNorth West	22.9
168	West LancashireNorth West	23.0
169	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	23.1
170	BroxbourneEast of England	23.3
171 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	23.4
171 joint	SunderlandNorth East	23.4
173	TeignbridgeSouth West	23.5
174	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	23.7
175 joint	GraveshamSouth East	23.8
175 joint	OldhamNorth West	23.8
175 joint	FlintshireWales	23.8
178	NorthumberlandNorth East	24.1
179	MedwaySouth East	24.2
180 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	24.3
180 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	24.3
180 joint	BridgendWales	24.3
180 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	24.3
184 joint	BuryNorth West	24.5
184 joint	SwaleSouth East	24.5
186	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	24.8
187 joint	BraintreeEast of England	24.9
187 joint	County DurhamNorth East	24.9
189	WiganNorth West	25.0
190	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	25.1
191	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	25.2
192 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	25.3
192 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	25.3
194	DudleyWest Midlands	25.5
195 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	25.8
195 joint	South LanarkshireScotland	25.8
197 joint	GuildfordSouth East	25.9
197 joint	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	25.9
199 joint	AngusScotland	26.7
199 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	26.7
201 joint	BoltonNorth West	26.9
201 joint	FalkirkScotland	26.9
203	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	27.0
204	HavantSouth East	27.3
205	CornwallSouth West	27.4
206	BuckinghamshireSouth East	27.7
207	RochdaleNorth West	27.9
208	BlabyEast Midlands	28.0
209	HighlandScotland	28.2
210	North LanarkshireScotland	28.4
211	ChorleyNorth West	28.7
212	CaerphillyWales	29.1
213	NewportWales	29.3
214	AshfieldEast Midlands	29.5
215	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	29.6
216	West LindseyEast Midlands	29.7
217	Isle of WightSouth East	29.9
218	Great YarmouthEast of England	30.1
219	RushmoorSouth East	30.2
220 joint	WokinghamSouth East	30.3
220 joint	AberdeenshireScotland	30.3
222	BedfordEast of England	30.4
223	Perth and KinrossScotland	30.7
224	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	31.0
225	East LothianScotland	31.1
226	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	31.2
227	MeltonEast Midlands	31.3
228	Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland	31.8
229 joint	DorsetSouth West	32.3
229 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	32.3
231	RugbyWest Midlands	32.7
232 joint	WaverleySouth East	32.8
232 joint	BrecklandEast of England	32.8
234	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	33.1
235	East HampshireSouth East	33.2
236 joint	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	33.3
236 joint	TorbaySouth West	33.3
238 joint	ClackmannanshireScotland	33.6
238 joint	Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland	33.6
240	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	33.9
241	HartSouth East	34.3
242	SomersetSouth West	34.7
243	WrexhamWales	35.1
244	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	35.4
245	PendleNorth West	35.6
246 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	35.7
246 joint	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	35.7
248	LancasterNorth West	35.8
249	CambridgeEast of England	36.0
250	South CambridgeshireEast of England	36.2
251 joint	AdurSouth East	36.4
251 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	36.4
253 joint	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	36.5
253 joint	ReadingSouth East	36.5
253 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	36.5
256	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	36.6
257	Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland	36.7
258	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	36.8
259	MaidstoneSouth East	36.9
260	WealdenSouth East	37.0
261	ColchesterEast of England	37.1
262	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	37.2
263	Merthyr TydfilWales	37.4
264 joint	MansfieldEast Midlands	37.8
264 joint	TorfaenWales	37.8
266	RossendaleNorth West	37.9
267	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	38.1
268	StirlingScotland	38.4
269	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	38.7
270	LewesSouth East	38.9
271	MonmouthshireWales	39.0
272 joint	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	39.2
272 joint	CanterburySouth East	39.2
274	Ribble ValleyNorth West	39.4
275	WorthingSouth East	39.7
276	HarboroughEast Midlands	39.8
277	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	39.9
278	BurnleyNorth West	40.0
279	ChichesterSouth East	40.2
280	WychavonWest Midlands	40.5
281	Argyll and ButeScotland	40.9
282	DenbighshireWales	41.0
283 joint	BolsoverEast Midlands	41.7
283 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	41.7
285	WiltshireSouth West	42.0
286	Blaenau GwentWales	42.4
287	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	42.6
288	Neath Port TalbotWales	42.7
289	HyndburnNorth West	42.8
290	WorcesterWest Midlands	43.0
291	TendringEast of England	44.3
292	West SuffolkEast of England	45.4
293	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	46.1
294 joint	Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland	46.9
294 joint	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	46.9
294 joint	ArunSouth East	46.9
297	BaberghEast of England	47.0
298 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	47.6
298 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	47.6
300	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	48.1
301 joint	MorayScotland	48.2
301 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	48.2
303	East LindseyEast Midlands	48.3
304	West BerkshireSouth East	48.7
305	Forest of DeanSouth West	48.9
306	West DevonSouth West	49.3
307 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	49.5
307 joint	StroudSouth West	49.5
309	AshfordSouth East	49.8
310	South HamsSouth West	50.9
311 joint	SwanseaWales	51.6
311 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	51.6
313	East CambridgeshireEast of England	52.4
314 joint	EastbourneSouth East	52.7
314 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	52.7
316 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	52.8
316 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	52.8
318	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	52.9
319	North KestevenEast Midlands	53.1
320	ThanetSouth East	53.4
321 joint	Mid SuffolkEast of England	53.5
321 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	53.5
323	CherwellSouth East	54.8
324	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	55.7
325	North DevonSouth West	56.0
326	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	56.1
327	South KestevenEast Midlands	56.2
328	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	56.8
329	RotherSouth East	57.2
330	Scottish BordersScotland	58.5
331	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	59.3
332	ShropshireWest Midlands	60.2
333	ConwyWales	60.3
334	DoverSouth East	60.9
335	OxfordSouth East	61.0
336	CotswoldSouth West	61.1
337	PlymouthSouth West	61.5
338 joint	TewkesburySouth West	61.6
338 joint	HastingsSouth East	61.6
340	GloucesterSouth West	61.7
341	TorridgeSouth West	61.9
342	IpswichEast of England	62.7
343	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	62.8
344	CheltenhamSouth West	66.2
345	Vale of White HorseSouth East	66.3
346	SwindonSouth West	68.3
347	Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland	68.4
348 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	71.2
348 joint	BostonEast Midlands	71.2
350	CarmarthenshireWales	72.0
351	West OxfordshireSouth East	72.3
352	FenlandEast of England	74.6
353	Dumfries and GallowayScotland	75.8
354	PeterboroughEast of England	76.1
355	PowysWales	77.1
356	South HollandEast Midlands	80.6
357	CumberlandNorth West	82.8
358	GwyneddWales	89.8
359	Isle of AngleseyWales	92.3
360	CeredigionWales	96.2
361	PembrokeshireWales	99.3

Civil Aviation Authority, annual airport data 2025, Table 01, size of UK airports: which airports, not their figures; Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, airports; Translink, timetables (TransXChange, OpenDataNI), the stops at Northern Ireland's airports, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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