Manchester Airport is expecting further growth after handling a record 23 million passengers over the past year.
The figure, the highest in the airport's 77-year history, represents a 5% increase on the previous 12-month period and a hike of around 30% compared with 2010.
Commenting on the milestone, which follows 19 consecutive months of increasing passenger numbers, airport managing director Ken O'Toole said: "We have more than 22 million people living within two hours of the airport and our continued addition of new routes and increased frequencies is seeing both business and leisure customers choose Manchester.
"Manchester Airport has never been busier and our continued growth is testament to the role we play in connecting people across the North to destinations in all four corners of the world."
Managers at the airport, which provides flights to 210 destinations around the world, have forecast that next year will be even busier due to new routes to China, Boston and Los Angeles.
Airport officials have calculated that easyJet customer Lucy Chaplin, 22, from Wakefield, will be the 23 millionth passenger since November last year when she arrives for a flight to Geneva this morning.
The most popular international destinations from the airport over the last 12 months were:
1. Dubai
2. Dublin
3. Amsterdam
4. Tenerife
5. Palma
6. Alicante
7. Malaga
8. Paris
9. Orlando
10. Faro
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