Time zone: GMT
Location: islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France.
Capital: London
Currency: British pound (currency code GBP)
Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish form of Gaelic. Business language: English.
Airport authority contact information: CAA - Civil Aviation Authority, London. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7379 7311
Airports: In 2005 UK had 471 airports, 334 of which have a paved runway, the most significant of which are (by area, with a full list below):
Channel Islands Airports
London Airports
Midlands Airports
Northern England Airports
Northern Ireland Airports
Scotland Airports
South West England Airports
Wales Airports
Aberdeen Airport
Alderney Airport
Ashford Airport - Lydd Airport
Barra Airport
Belfast City Airport
Belfast International Airport
Benbecula Airport
Biggin Hill Airport
Birmingham International Airport
Blackbushe Airport
Blackpool Airport
Bournemouth International Airport
Bristol - Filton Airport
Bristol International Airport
Cambridge Airport
Campbeltown Airport
Cardiff International Airport
Carlisle Airport
Chester Airport
City of Derry - Londonderry Airport
Coventry Airport - West Midlands International Airport
Dundee Airport
Durham Tees Airport
East Midlands Airport - now Nottingham East Midands Airport
Edinburgh Airport
Exeter Airport
Farnborough Airport
Gatwick Airport
Glasgow Airport
Glenegedale Airport
Gloucestershire Airport
Guernsey Airport
Haverfordwest Airport
Heathrow Airport
Humberside Airport
Inverness Airport - Dalcross Airport
Islay Airport
Isle of Man Airport
Isles of Scilly Airport - St Mary's Airport
Jersey Airport
Kent International Airport - Manston Airport
Kidlington Airport
Leeds Bradford Airport
Liverpool Airport - John Lennon Airport
London City Airport
London Luton Airport
Manchester Airport
Newcastle Airport
Newquay Airport
Norwich Airport
Nottingham East Midlands Airport
Orkney Is - Eday Airstrip
Orkney Is - Kirkwall Airport
Orkney Is - N Ronaldsay Airstrip
Penzance Heliport
Plymouth Airport
Prestwick Airport
Sheffield City Airport
Shetland Islands Airport
Shoreham Airport
Southend Airport
Stansted Airport
Stornoway Airport
Swansea Airport
Teesside Airport - now Durham Tees Airport
Tiree Airport
Wick Airport
