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| Birmingham Airport | |||
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| IATA: BHX – ICAO: EGBB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Birmingham International Airport Ltd | ||
| Serves | Birmingham and the surrounding areas. | ||
| Location | Bickenhill, West Midlands | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 328 ft / 100 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 | ||
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Location in the West Midlands |
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 15/33 | 2,605 | 8,547 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 8,572,398 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 |  5.8% |
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| Aircraft Movements | 95,454 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 | 5.7% |
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| Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority |
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Birmingham Airport is an airport near the City of Birmingham, England.
It is 5.5 nautical miles (6.1 miles or 10.2 kilometers) east southeast of Birmingham city centre. Its local authority is the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands.
The airport offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan, North America and the Caribbean. After handling 9.6 million passengers in 2008, the number of passengers dropped to 8,572,398 in 2010, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport. The airport is a base for Ryanair, and also charter airlines Bmibaby, Flybe, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways.
Birmingham has a CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P451) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
Images for kids
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A Britannia Airways Boeing 767 at Birmingham International Airport, 1994.
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Where Birmingham Airport is now, as it was around 1921. (See [1] for a modern map of Birmingham Airport and surrounding area.)
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The Maglev rapid transport system, which operated from 1984 to 1995, was the first commercial maglev system in the world
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The control tower and runway, with aircraft standing at the main terminal building in the foreground.
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Main check-in hall in Terminal 1
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Departure lounge area
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Birmingham International railway station/Birmingham Interchange
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The AirRail Link joins the railway station to the airport, operated by a track and pulley system
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The proposed 'Birmingham Interchange'