Birmingham International Airport (UK)

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°WCoordinates: 52°27′14″N 001°44′53″W / 52.45389°N 1.74806°W

Website

birminghamairport.co.uk

Map

EGBB

Location in the West Midlands

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
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, 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

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