Exeter Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Regional & City Airports | ||||||||||
Serves | Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset | ||||||||||
Location | Clyst Honiton, Devon | ||||||||||
Focus city for | TUI Airways | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 102 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°44′04″N 003°24′50″W / 50.73444°N 3.41389°W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Exeter Airport (IATA: EXT, ICAO: EGTE), formerly Exeter International Airport, is an international airport located at Clyst Honiton in East Devon, close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England. Exeter has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P759) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport offers both scheduled and holiday charter flights within Europe.
In 2007, the airport handled over 1 million passengers per year for the first time, although passenger throughput subsequently declined, recovering to 931,000 passengers in 2018.[1] In 2019, passenger numbers once again passed the 1 million mark, due in part to Ryanair operating several new flights to/from the airport.[2] Prior to its collapse in 2020, the airline Flybe accounted for over 80% of the airport's passenger numbers. Passenger numbers declined sharply to 148,000 in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Exeter Airport's passenger numbers have recovered to approximately 500,000 per year (as of 2024).