Longest Airport Runways in United Kingdom

Airports in United Kingdom ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇬🇧 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 50

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

London Heathrow AirportLondon · 12,799 ft · ASP

3,901 m

London Gatwick AirportLondon · 10,883 ft · ASP

3,317 m

MoD Boscombe DownSalisbury, Wiltshire · 10,538 ft · PEM

3,212 m

Birmingham AirportBirmingham, West Midlands · 10,013 ft · ASP

3,052 m

Manchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester · 10,007 ft · CON

3,050 m

RAF Brize NortonCarterton, Oxfordshire · 10,007 ft · ASP

3,050 m

London Stansted AirportLondon, Essex · 10,003 ft · ASP

3,049 m

RAF FairfordFairford, Gloucestershire · 9,994 ft · ASP

3,046 m

Bruntingthorpe AerodromeLutterworth, Leicestershire · 9,842 ft · ASP

3,000 m

Glasgow Prestwick AirportPrestwick, South Ayrshire · 9,800 ft · PEM

2,987 m

RAF WaddingtonLincoln, Lincolnshire · 9,642 ft · ASP

2,939 m

East Midlands AirportNottingham, Leicestershire · 9,495 ft · ASP

2,894 m

RAF MildenhallBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk · 9,213 ft · PEM

2,808 m

RAF MarhamKing's Lynn, Norfolk · 9,131 ft · ASP

2,783 m

Belfast International AirportBelfast · 9,121 ft · ASP

2,780 m

RAF LossiemouthLossiemouth, Moray · 9,091 ft · ASP

2,771 m

RAF WitteringPeterborough, Cambridgeshire · 9,052 ft · ASP

2,759 m

RAF HoningtonBury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk · 9,012 ft · ASP

2,747 m

Cornwall Airport NewquayNewquay · 9,003 ft · ASP

2,744 m

RAF ConingsbyLincoln, Lincolnshire · 9,003 ft · CON

2,744 m

RAF LakenheathBrandon, Suffolk · 8,998 ft · PEM

2,743 m

Glasgow AirportGlasgow · 8,730 ft · ASP

2,661 m

Leuchars Station AirfieldLeuchars, Fife · 8,491 ft · ASP

2,588 m

Edinburgh AirportIngliston, Edinburgh · 8,392 ft · ASP

2,558 m

Farnborough AirportFarnborough, Hampshire · 8,005 ft · ASP

2,440 m

Wattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk · 7,953 ft · ASP

2,424 m

Warton AerodromeWarton · 7,946 ft · ASP

2,422 m

Cardiff International AirportCardiff · 7,723 ft · ASP

2,354 m

Newcastle International AirportNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear · 7,644 ft · ASP

2,330 m

RNAS YeoviltonYeovil, Somerset · 7,580 ft · CON

2,310 m

RAF LeemingNorthallerton, North Yorkshire · 7,516 ft · ASP

2,291 m

Teesside International AirportDarlington, Durham · 7,516 ft · ASP

2,291 m

Anglesey AirportAngelsey · 7,513 ft · ASP

2,290 m

Llanbedr AirfieldLlanbedr · 7,500 ft · ASP

2,286 m

Liverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool · 7,497 ft · ASP

2,285 m

Bournemouth AirportBournemouth · 7,454 ft · ASP

2,272 m

Leeds Bradford AirportLeeds, West Yorkshire · 7,381 ft · CON

2,250 m

Humberside AirportGrimsby, Lincolnshire · 7,218 ft · ASP

2,200 m

Stornoway AirportStornoway, Western Isles · 7,218 ft · ASP

2,200 m

London Luton AirportLuton, Luton · 7,093 ft · ASP

2,162 m

Hawarden AirportBroughton · 6,867 ft · ASP

2,093 m

RAF CranwellSleaford, Lincolnshire · 6,831 ft · ASP

2,082 m

Exeter International AirportExeter, Devon · 6,811 ft · ASP

2,076 m

Bristol AirportBristol · 6,598 ft · ASP

2,011 m

Cotswold AirportCirencester, Gloucestershire · 6,591 ft · ASP

2,009 m

City of Derry AirportDerry, Derry and Strabane · 6,460 ft · ASP

1,969 m

Cambridge City AirportCambridge, Cambridgeshire · 6,444 ft · ASP

1,964 m

Aberdeen International AirportAberdeen · 6,407 ft · ASP

1,953 m

North Weald AirfieldEpping, Essex · 6,332 ft · ASP

1,930 m

Inverness AirportInverness, Highland · 6,194 ft · ASP

1,888 m

Highlights

Within United Kingdom, London Heathrow Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,901 m, followed by London Gatwick Airport (3,317 m) and MoD Boscombe Down (3,212 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 3,901 m (London Heathrow Airport) to 1,888 m (Inverness Airport), with a median of 2,432 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within United Kingdom, London Heathrow Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,901 m, followed by London Gatwick Airport (3,317 m) and MoD Boscombe Down (3,212 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 3,901 m (London Heathrow Airport) to 1,888 m (Inverness Airport), with a median of 2,432 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.