Edinburgh Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Global Infrastructure Partners | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Edinburgh Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife, the Scottish Borders and Central Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ingliston, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 136 ft / 41 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°57′00″N 003°22′21″W / 55.95000°N 3.37250°WCoordinates: 55°57′00″N 003°22′21″W / 55.95000°N 3.37250°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | edinburghairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 11,114,587 |
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| Passenger change 14–15 |
 9.4% |
| Aircraft movements | 115,286 |
| Movements change 14–15 |
5.2% |
Edinburgh Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Dhùn Èideann) (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is an airport located at Ingliston in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2016, handling 12.4 million passengers in that year, an increase of 11.1% compared with 2015. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by total passengers in 2015. It is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of the city centre, just off the M8 and M9 motorways. It is owned and operated by Global Infrastructure Partners, which is also the majority shareholder and leads the management of Gatwick Airport. The airport has two runways and one passenger terminal, and employs about 2,500 people.
Turnhouse Aerodrome was the most northerly British air defence base in World War I used by the Royal Flying Corps. The small base opened in 1916 and it was used to house the 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron from 1925, which consisted of DH 9As, Westland Wapitis, Hawker Harts, and Hawker Hind light bombers. All the aircraft used a grass air strip.
In 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and the airfield was named RAF Turnhouse and ownership transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
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