Jersey Airport

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Jersey Airport
Approaching runway 27 at Jersey Airport
IATA: JER – ICAO: EGJJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Jersey Airport
Serves		Jersey
Elevation AMSL		277 ft / 84 m
Coordinates		49°12′29″N 002°11′43″W
Website		www.jerseyairport.com
Map
EGJJ Location on Jersey
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
09/27	1,706	5,597	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers			1,463,221
Passenger change 09-10			1.9%
Aircraft Movements			61,739
Movements change 09-10			3.7%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Jersey Airport (IATA: JER, ICAO: EGJJ) is located in the parish of Saint Peter, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west northwest of Saint Helier in Jersey, one of the British Crown Dependencies in the Channel Islands. Jersey Airport is the largest airport in the Bailwick of Jersey, the Island of Jersey and the Channel Islands

History

Air service to Jersey before 1937 consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes landing on the beach at Saint Aubin bay. Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways were among those who operated to the island before the Second World War, but conditions were difficult as timetables were governed by tides. It was also difficult to prevent members of the public from walking across the landing area, and any aircraft which had mechanical problems had to be dragged up the slipways until the tide receded.

Arms and date on the original 1937 tower

The States of Jersey decided to build an airport which opened on 10 March 1937 with four grass runways, the longest being 2,940 ft (896 m) with a concrete centreline. Concrete taxiways were added during the World War II occupation by the Luftwaffe — they also built hangars, one of which is still in existence. A 4,200 ft (1,280 m) tarmac runway was opened in 1952 and the grass strips were closed. A feature of the airport in the 1950s was the traffic control system — traffic-lights were in place to prevent vehicles using the road from Les Quennevais to the Airport when planes were being moved to or from the hangar used by B.E.A.

The runway was lengthened several times over the years, reaching its current length in 1976. Additional taxiways were added several years later to improve access to the one end of the runway. However, due to its restricted length, in October 2007 Thomsonfly announced the removal of some services as it introduces the larger Boeing 737-800 to its fleet.

There are approximately 62,000 aircraft movements and 1.46 million passengers annually at the airport based on 2010 statistics.

Terminal

The 1937 terminal was designed with a control tower between the arrivals and departures areas. The terminal was extended in 1976. A new terminal adjoining the existing terminal was opened in 1997. A new Air Traffic Control Tower was completed and opened in late 2010, and all major airport operations have been transferred to these new buildings. Work began in late 2011 to demolish the original airport building, constructed in 1937, which contains large quantities of asbestos.

BMI aircraft taking off at Jersey

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Dublin
Aer Lingus Regional operated by Aer Arann	Seasonal: Cork
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover
Aurigny Air Services	Guernsey, London-Stansted
Blue Islands	Bristol, Bournemouth, Geneva, Guernsey, Isle of Man, London-City, Manchester, Southampton, Zürich Seasonal charter: Dundee
Bmibaby	Nottingham/East Midlands
British Airways	London-Gatwick
CityJet	Seasonal charter: Manston
EasyJet	Liverpool, London-Southend [begins 2 May] Seasonal: Glasgow-International
Flybe	Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Geneva, Guernsey, Isle of Man, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Southampton Seasonal: Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham/Tees Valley, Humberside (Kingston upon Hull), Nice
Germania	Seasonal charter: Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hanover, Hamburg, Paderborn, Stuttgart
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Belfast-International, Blackpool, Leeds/Bradford
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hamburg [begins 9 June]
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Seasonal: Munich [begins 2 June]
Manx2	Gloucestershire, Oxford [begins 8 May]
SATA International	Seasonal: Funchal

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Atlantic Airways	Bournemouth

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes to and from Jersey Airport (2010)

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	% Change 2009 / 10
1	London Gatwick	534,303	4
2	Southampton	150,127	6
3	Guernsey	143,199	2
4	Manchester	86,684	8
5	Liverpool	57,314	4
6	East Midlands	53,020	14
7	Birmingham	52,988	10
8	Exeter	31,753	4
9	London Stansted	27,668	34
10	Bristol	27,060	4
11	Cardiff	22,164	12
12	Leeds Bradford	17,558	4
13	London Luton	17,181	31
14	Edinburgh	17,029	27
15	Doncaster Sheffield	16,746	13
16	Newcastle	12,708	3
17	London City	10,121	6
18	Belfast International	9,626	4
19	Glasgow International	9,226	70
20	Blackpool Airport	7,998

Busiest International routes to and from Jersey Airport (2010)

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	% Change 2009 / 10
1	Dublin	17,592	13
2	Paris Charles de Gaulle	10,861	11
3	Funchal	9,648	7
4	Dusseldorf	6,657	93
5	Geneva	5,639	31
6	Zurich	4,677	15
7	Palma de Mallorca	3,537	135
8	Cork	2,953	2
9	Nice	1,891	6
10	Rotterdam	1,711	51

Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey. There are also periodic charter flights to European holiday destinations, Madeira and ski destinations operated by airlines such as Aurigny Air Services, Europe Airpost, Palmair and SATA International . Cargo flights, including daily mail and paper services, which are handled by OceanAir Handling, are operated by Atlantic Airlines/MNG Kargo, Bluebird Cargo, Capital Trading Aviation and Jet2.com. Bluebird Cargo's services to Jersey stopped on 26 June 2009.

General aviation

Apart from scheduled airline services, Jersey Airport accommodates a thriving general aviation population, including the Jersey Aero Club. It is also home to the Jersey International Air Display in September each year.

See also

• 1938 Jersey Airport disaster
• 1965 Jersey's worst plane crash [1]

External links

• Jersey Airport - Official website
• Government Airport Site
• Jersey International Air Display
• Jersey Airport - Unofficial website