Birmingham Airport, West Midlands

Birmingham Airport
IATA: BHX ICAO: EGBB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Seven Metropolitan Boroughs of West Midlands (49%) Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (48.25%) Employees (2.75%)
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 Show map of West Midlands county EGBB Show map of the United Kingdom 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 14.3% Aircraft Movements 113,184 Movements change 15-16 15.5%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	11,645,334
Passenger change 15-16	14.3%
Aircraft Movements	113,184
Movements change 15-16	15.5%

Birmingham Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: 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, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI Airways. From May 2018 the airport will become a new long haul base for Primera Air.

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.