Birmingham Airport
| Birmingham Airport | |||
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| IATA: BHX – ICAO: EGBB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Birmingham International Airport Ltd | ||
| Serves | Birmingham and the surrounding areas. | ||
| Location | Bickenhill, West Midlands | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 328 ft / 100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°WCoordinates: 52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 15/33 | 2,605 | 8,547 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 8,572,398 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 |  5.8% |
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| Aircraft Movements | 95,454 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 | 5.7% |
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| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2] |
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Birmingham Airport [3] is an airport near the City of Birmingham, England.
It is 5.5 nautical miles (6.1 miles or 10.2 kilometers) east southeast of Birmingham city centre. Its local authority is the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands.
The airport offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan, North America and the Caribbean. After handling a record 9.6 million passengers in 2008, passenger numbers declined to 8,572,398 in 2010, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport.[2] The airport is a base for Ryanair, and also charter airlines Bmibaby, Flybe, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways.
Birmingham has a CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P451) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
References [change]
- ↑ Birmingham - EGBB
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CAA: UK Annual Airport Statistics
- ↑ (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB); formerly Birmingham International Airport "We're saying 'Hello World' as we relaunch our brand". Birmingham Airport. http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta/news/2010/11/rebrand-news-article.aspx.
