Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
IATA: MAN – ICAO: EGCC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Manchester Airports Group
Location	Greater Manchester
Elevation AMSL	257 ft / 78 m
Coordinates	53°21′14″N 002°16′30″W / 53.35389°N 2.27500°W
Website	www.manchesterairport.co.uk
Runways
	Source: United Kingdom AIP

Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an important airport in Manchester, England. It opened to passengers in June 1938. It was first called Ringway Airport. During World War II it officially became RAF Ringway, and from 1975 until 1986 the title Manchester International Airport was used. The airport is almost all within the city of Manchester boundaries—the exception being the second runway, which lies mostly in Cheshire Manchester Airport had the most passengers in the Uk outside of London with 22.1 million people in 2007.

Manchester Airport competes with other airports nearby such as Liverpool Airport and Leeds Bradford Airport.

Manchester Airport Media

Map of the area where Manchester Airport is located, circa 1925
From front to back: BEA Vickers 802 Viscount (G-AOHT), SAS Scandinavian Airlines Sud SE-210 Caravelle III (OY-KRC), Dan-Air London De Havilland Comet 4 (G-APDD), World Airways DC-8 (?) and BOAC Vickers VC10. Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport viewed from the south-west
Terminal 1 complex at Manchester airport, Manchester, UK
Check-in hall at Terminal 2
Exterior of Terminal 3 at Manchester Airport
Antonov An-225 at Manchester Airport in 2006
The A538 road runs beneath both runways via two separate tunnels. Part of the road is exposed between both runways.
The new control tower, opened in June 2013, with a Tui Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxiing in at the end of its delivery flight
Manchester Airport Fire Service