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Birmingham Airport, England

Birmingham Airport
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Summary
Airport type Public
Owner
Operator Birmingham Airport Ltd
Serves Birmingham, United Kingdom
Location Bickenhill, Solihull, United Kingdom
Hub for Flybe
Elevation AMSL 341 ft / 104 m
Coordinates 52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°W / 52.45389; -1.74806Coordinates: 52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°W / 52.45389; -1.74806
Website birminghamairport.co.uk
Map
EGBB is located in West Midlands county
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EGBB
EGBB is located in the United Kingdom
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Location in the West Midlands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,052 10,013 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 11,645,334
Passenger change 15-16 Increase14.3%
Aircraft Movements 113,184
Movements change 15-16 Increase15.5%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority
Passengers 11,645,334
Passenger change 15-16 Increase14.3%
Aircraft Movements 113,184
Movements change 15-16 Increase15.5%

Birmingham Airport (IATA: BHXICAO: EGBB), formerly Birmingham International Airport and before that, Elmdon Airport is an international airport located 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) east southeast of Birmingham city centre, at Bickenhill in Solihull, England. It has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P451) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

Passenger throughput in 2016 was over 11.6 million, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport. The airport offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North America and the Caribbean. Birmingham Airport is an operating base for BMI Regional, Flybe, Jet2.com, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways.

Birmingham Airport is 5.5 NM (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) east-south-east of Birmingham city centre, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It is bordered by the National Exhibition Centre to the east, Marston Green to the north, Sheldon to the west, the village of Bickenhill to the south, and the village of Elmdon to the south west.


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