Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport (IATA EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is an airport in Scotland. It is one of seven airports in the United Kingdom owned by the company BAA, which also owns Glasgow Airport and Aberdeen Airport in Scotland. [3] It is served by many different airlines including Scot Airways, British Airways, EasyJet, BMI, Continental Airlines, Air France, delta airlines qatar airways hainan airlines andLufthansa. The airport has good road links to the city centre with a bus running every 10 minutes from the airport to the centre of Edinburgh, a number of taxis are always available. Just over 9 million people a year use the airport, but there are plans to make the airport bigger in the future.
| Edinburgh Airport | |||
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| IATA: EDI – ICAO: EGPH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Global Infrastructure Partners | ||
| Operator | Edinburgh Airport Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lothian, Fife, the Scottish Borders and Central Scotland | ||
| Location | Ingliston, Edinburgh, 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 | ||
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| Map | |||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 06/24 | 2,556 | 8,386 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2018) | |||
| Passengers | 14,294,305 | ||
| Passenger change 17–18 |  6.6%
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| Aircraft movements | 130,016 | ||
| Movements change 17–18 | 1.1%
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| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2] | |||
On 19th October 2011, BAA Limited said that it is going to sell Edinburgh Airport. This was done following a decision by the UK's Competition Commission which said that BAA needs to sell either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airport.[4]
Accidents
In February 2001 a Shorts 360 crashed shortly after taking off from Edinburgh Airport. Both pilots were killed but there were no passengers on board as it was a mail-carrying flight.[5]
Edinburgh Airport Media
Edinburgh Airport in 1978, under the ownership of BAA.
Air traffic control tower and apron (2013).
Edinburgh Airport from the air.
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References
- ↑ NATS – AIS – Home. Ead-it.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports (3 March 2017)UK Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ Edinburgh Airport Guide (EDI). Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ Heathrow: Corporate site - Our company, your airport. www.heathrow.com.
- ↑ Accident description. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
