Ronaldsway Airport

Isle of Man Airport Purt Aer Vannin
IATA: IOM ICAO: EGNS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Department of Infrastructure
Serves	Isle of Man
Location	Ronaldsway, Malew, Isle of Man
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	54°05′00″N 004°37′24″W / 54.08333°N 4.62333°W / 54.08333; -4.62333Coordinates: 54°05′00″N 004°37′24″W / 54.08333°N 4.62333°W / 54.08333; -4.62333
Website	iom-airport.com
Map
EGNS Location on the Isle of Man
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,110 6,923 Asphalt/Concrete 03/21 1,255 4,117 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 791,651 Passenger change 15–16 1.3% Aircraft movements 28,331 Movements change 15–16 3.5%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	791,651
Passenger change 15–16	1.3%
Aircraft movements	28,331
Movements change 15–16	3.5%

Isle of Man Airport (also known as Ronaldsway Airport, Manx: Purt Aer Vannin) (IATA: IOM, ICAO: EGNS), is the main civilian airport on the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island at Ronaldsway near Castletown, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Douglas, the island's capital. Along with the Isle of Man Sea Terminal, it is one of the two main gateways to the island. The airport has scheduled services to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as well as seasonal routes to Switzerland.

Ronaldsway was first used as an airfield in 1928 with passenger services to the UK starting in 1933, operated by Blackpool and West Coast Air Services (later West Coast Air Services). Further services were established by Aer Lingus and Railway Air Services (RAS) from 1934. From 1937 RAS operations from Ronaldsway to the mainland UK were transferred to Isle of Man Air Services. In a 1936 expansion of the Ronaldsway Airport, workers discovered a mass grave believed to hold the remains of soldiers who died during the Battle of Ronaldsway in 1275.

The airfield came under Royal Air Force control at the outbreak of the Second World War. Known as RAF Ronaldsway, it was one of the few airfields that continued operating civilian flights throughout the wartime period.