Birmingham Airport

This article is about the airport in England. For the US airport, see Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Birmingham Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSeven metropolitan boroughs of West Midlands county (49%), the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (48.25%) and employees (2.75%)[1]
OperatorBirmingham Airport Ltd
ServesWest Midlands conurbation, City of Coventry, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
LocationBickenhill, England, United Kingdom
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL341 ft / 104 m
Coordinates52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°W / 52.45389; -1.74806
Websitewww.birminghamairport.co.uk
Map
BHX/EGBB is located in West Midlands county
BHX/EGBB
BHX/EGBB
Location in the West Midlands
BHX/EGBB is located in the United Kingdom
BHX/EGBB
BHX/EGBB
BHX/EGBB (the United Kingdom)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,052 10,013 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers11,479,335 [2]
Passenger change 22-23Increase120%[2]
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[3]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[4]
The airport site, as it was around 1921
British Airways and British Caledonian aircraft at the old terminal in 1978
The Maglev rapid transport system, which operated from 1984 to 1995, was the first commercial maglev system in the world.

Birmingham Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB), formerly Birmingham International Airport,[5] is an international airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.[6]

Officially opened as Elmdon Airport on 8 July 1939, the airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry during the Second World War and used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy as RAF Elmdon. It was largely used for flight training and wartime production purposes. On 8 July 1946, the aerodrome was reopened to civilian operations.

Birmingham Airport currently holds a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P451) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. Passenger throughput in 2017 was over 12.9 million, making Birmingham the seventh busiest airport in the UK.[4][7] The airport offers international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. Birmingham Airport is an operating base for easyJet,[8] Jet2.com, Ryanair and TUI Airways.

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  2. ^ a b "Annual airport data 2022". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ "AIP NATS Home". National Air Traffic Services. Retrieved 4 June 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ "We're Saying 'Hello World' As We Relaunch Our Brand". Birmingham Airport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Leisure Parks Events: Cycling and Walking foldout map" (PDF). Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Datasets". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. ^ Caswell, Mark (20 May 2023). "EasyJet to open Birmingham base". Business Traveller. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.