Norwich Airport

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Norwich Airport
IATA: NWI ICAO: EGSH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Regional & City Airports
Operator	Norwich Airport Limited
Serves	Norwich, Norfolk
Location	Hellesdon
Opened	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Focus city for	TUI Airways
Built	1939; 85 years ago (1939) (as RAF Horsham St Faith)
Elevation AMSL	36 m / 117 ft
Coordinates	52°40′33″N 01°16′58″E / 52.67583°N 1.28278°E / 52.67583; 1.28278
Website	www.norwichairport.co.uk
Map
EGSH Location in Norfolk
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,841 6,040 asphalt concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 319,040 Passenger change 21-22 151% Aircraft movements 15,291 Movements change 21-22 24%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Norwich Airport (IATA: NWI, ICAO: EGSH) is an international airport in Hellesdon, Norfolk, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres) north of the city of Norwich.^[3] In 2023, Norwich Airport was the 25th busiest airport in the UK and busiest in East Anglia.^[2]

Norwich Airport has a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. Along with a long history of flights to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via KLM Cityhopper, it offers flights to various destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe. Besides the commercial flights, charter operators also operate from Norwich. Bristow Helicopters, DanCopter, and Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore fly crews to North Sea gas and oil rigs, and SaxonAir operates executive, private aircraft and helicopter charter flights.

The airport was established on the aerodrome site of RAF Horsham St Faith, a former Royal Air Force station in the early 1970s, under the ownership of the local authorities. It was later sold into private ownership.