Bournemouth Airport

For the World War II use of this facility, see RAF Hurn.

Bournemouth Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorRigby Group
ServesSouth Wiltshire, Dorset, New Forest
LocationHurn, Dorset
Opened1944; 80 years ago (1944)
Focus city for
Built1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Elevation AMSL38 ft / 12 m
Coordinates50°46′48″N 001°50′33″W / 50.78000°N 1.84250°W / 50.78000; -1.84250
Websitewww.bournemouthairport.com
Map
BOH/EGHH is located in Dorset
BOH/EGHH
BOH/EGHH
Location in Dorset
BOH/EGHH is located in the United Kingdom
BOH/EGHH
BOH/EGHH
BOH/EGHH (the United Kingdom)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,271 7,451 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers950,206
Passenger change 22-23Increase29.36%
Aircraft movements5,066
Movements change 21-22Increase64%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[3]

Bournemouth Airport (IATA: BOH, ICAO: EGHH) (previously known as Hurn Airport and Bournemouth International Airport) is an international airport located 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north-northeast of Bournemouth,[2] in southern England. The site opened as RAF Hurn in 1941, but was transferred to civil control in 1944. For a short period (between 1944 and 1946) Hurn served as London's international airport, until the opening of facilities at Heathrow. Commercial services resumed in the late 1950s, with Palmair commencing flights to Palma, Majorca in October 1958.[4]

Subsequently, Ryanair and TUI Airways based aircraft at the airport, with scheduled flights now frequently serving Western Europe and the Mediterranean area, with charter and seasonal services serving North Africa, North America, and the Caribbean.[5] Passenger numbers peaked in 2007 when just over one million passed through the airport. In 2019, the passenger total was around 803,000. This dropped to around 176,000 in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Ryanair and TUI Airways are the primary users of the airport, which was owned and operated by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), one of the largest British airport operators until December 2017, when Regional & City Airports (RCA) acquired Bournemouth Airport for an undisclosed amount.[6]

  1. ^ Calder, Simon (26 March 2024). "Bournemouth airport set for 2025 fares war as Jet2 moves in". The Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "NATS Aeronautical Information Service: Bournemouth – EGHH". Retrieved 21 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Our History". Bournemouth Airport. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Facts and Figures". Bournemouth Airport. 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Rigby Group buys Bournemouth Airport for undisclosed fee". Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.