Liverpool is the island's busiest route

The passenger numbers for 2005 increased from 773,743 to 806,565, a total of 4.3%.

The most popular route is Liverpool with 209,617 passengers followed by Manchester with 142,960.

Other routes from Ronaldsway include Paris, Newcastle, Blackpool and Belfast.

Phil Pain, airport director, said: "2005 was another record year, growing by 4.25% with 32,913 additional passengers.

"It is also the first time that the airport has seen over 800,000 passengers in a year."