Bristol Airport

This article is about the airport in the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Bristol Airport (disambiguation).

Bristol Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerOntario Teachers' Pension Plan
ServesBristol
LocationLulsgate Bottom, North Somerset
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL622 ft / 190 m
Coordinates51°22′58″N 002°43′09″W / 51.38278°N 2.71917°W / 51.38278; -2.71917
Websitewww.bristolairport.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Map
EGGD is located in Somerset
EGGD
EGGD
Location in Somerset
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,011 6,598 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers9,800,000
Passenger change 22-23Increase281%
Aircraft Movements56,391
Movements change 21-22Increase169%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[3]

Bristol Airport (IATA: BRS, ICAO: EGGD), at Lulsgate Bottom, on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in North Somerset, is an international airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area. It is 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southwest of Bristol city centre.[2] Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport,[4] replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. From 1997 to 2010, it was known as Bristol International Airport.[5] In 1997, a majority shareholding in the airport was sold to FirstGroup, and then in 2001 the airport was sold to a joint venture of Macquarie Bank and others. In September 2014, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan bought out Macquarie to become the sole owner.

In 2019, it was ranked the eighth busiest airport (overtaking Glasgow Airport from the previous year) in the United Kingdom, handling over 8.9 million passengers, a 3% increase compared with 2018.[6] A passenger survey carried out in 2015 found that 32.5% of journeys using the airport started or ended in the city of Bristol, 9.6% in Gloucestershire, 24.5% in Somerset, 16.9% in Devon and 8.2% in Wiltshire.[7]

Airlines with operating bases at the airport include EasyJet and Ryanair. The airport has a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (number P432) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction.

  1. ^ "Announcing our tenth UK base – Bristol Airport | Jet2.com". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "NATS - AIS - Home". ead-it.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Airport data: Table 01: Size of UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ "History of Bristol Airport". Bristol Airport. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference bristolairpot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "CAA Airport Data 2019". caa.co.uk. UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  7. ^ "CAA Passenger Survey Report 2015" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2018.