Southampton Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | AGS Airports | ||||||||||
| Operator | Southampton International Airport Limited | ||||||||||
| Serves | Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Salisbury, New Forest, Hampshire | ||||||||||
| Location | Eastleigh, Hampshire | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Flybe | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 44 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°57′01″N 001°21′24″W / 50.95028°N 1.35667°WCoordinates: 50°57′01″N 001°21′24″W / 50.95028°N 1.35667°W | ||||||||||
| Website | southamptonairport.com | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 1,947,052 |
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| Passenger change 15–16 |
 8.8% |
| Aircraft movements | 42,824 |
| Movements change 15–16 |
8.7% |
Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is an international airport in the Borough of Eastleigh within Hampshire, England, 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north north-east of Southampton.
The airport handled nearly two million passengers during 2016, an 8.8% increase compared with 2015, making it the 18th busiest airport in the UK. Southampton Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P690) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. It airport is owned and operated by AGS Airports which also owns and operates Aberdeen and Glasgow Airports. It was previously owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly known as BAA).
The airport's runway is built over the remains of a Roman villa. It was excavated in May 1925 but the villa had been robbed of much of its material.
The site's connection with aviation can be traced back to 1910 when pioneer pilot Edwin Rowland Moon used the meadows belonging to North Stoneham Farm as a take-off and landing spot for his monoplane, Moonbeam Mk II. In 2010, the airport arranged a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first flight at the airport.
During the First World War, when forces from the United States Navy arrived in 1917, work on the building of hangars began. At the peak of the American presence, some 4,000 officers and men were billeted in tents and huts along the adjacent London to Southampton railway line.
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