Southampton Airport

This article is about the airport in England. For the airport in Ontario, Canada, see Southampton Aerodrome.

Southampton Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAGS Airports
OperatorSouthampton International Airport Ltd.
ServesSouth of England
LocationSouthampton, Hampshire, England[1]
Opened1917; 107 years ago (1917)
Focus city foreasyJet
Elevation AMSL44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates50°57′01″N 001°21′24″W / 50.95028°N 1.35667°W / 50.95028; -1.35667
Websitewww.southamptonairport.com Edit this at Wikidata
Map
SOU/EGHI is located in Hampshire
SOU/EGHI
SOU/EGHI
Location in Hampshire
SOU/EGHI is located in England
SOU/EGHI
SOU/EGHI
SOU/EGHI (England)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,887 6,191 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers754,931
Passenger change 22-23Increase20%
Aircraft movements21,998
Movements change 22–23Increase35%
Source: United Kingdom AIP[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is an international airport located in both Eastleigh and Southampton, Hampshire, in England. The airport is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north-northeast of central Southampton.[1] The southern tip of the runway lies within the Southampton unitary authority boundary with most of the airport, including all of the buildings, within the Borough of Eastleigh.[3]

The airport handled nearly two million passengers during 2016, an 8.8% increase compared with 2015,[2] making it the 18th busiest airport in the UK. Southampton Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P690) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport is owned and operated by AGS Airports which also owns and operates Aberdeen and Glasgow Airports. It was previously owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly known as BAA).[4]

Up to March 2020, 95% of the flights from Southampton were operated by Flybe. However, the airline went into administration on 5 March 2020 with all flights cancelled.[5] When Flybe was purchased and relaunched, it was announced that they would start serving Southampton Airport from the 23 July 2022.[6] The reincarnated Flybe ultimately ceased operations nine months after its relaunch.

  1. ^ a b "Southampton – EGHI". Retrieved 26 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Wards Map". www.southampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Who we are". Heathrow Airport Holdings. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Flybe 'set to go into administration overnight and cease operations immediately'". ITV News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Our network | Summer 2022 | flybe". www.flybe.com. Retrieved 14 July 2022.