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Revision as of 21:13, 7 May 2014

For other uses, see Manchester Airport (disambiguation).

Manchester Airport
File:Manchester Airport logo.svg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerManchester Airports Group
OperatorManchester Airport Plc
ServesManchester, United Kingdom
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL257 ft / 78 m
Websitemanchesterairport.co.uk
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,048 10,000 Concrete
05R/23L 3,050 10,007 Concrete/
grooved asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers20,751,581
Passenger change 12–13Increase5.1%
Aircraft Movements169,497
Movements change 12–13Increase0.4%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC), is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England. In 2013, it was third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers,[2] and the 21st busiest airport in Europe. Manchester Airport is the largest outside the London region with over double the passengers of the next non-London airport, Edinburgh Airport. A Category 10 airport,[3] Manchester Airport provides flights to over 200 destinations – more than any other airport in the United Kingdom.[4] The airport comprises three terminals, a goods terminal and is the only British airport other than London's Heathrow Airport to operate two runways over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in length. The airport covers an area of 1,440 acres (580 ha).

The terminals are[5][6] 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) south west[1] of Manchester city centre.[7] It officially opened on 25 June 1938[8] and was initially known as "Ringway Airport". During World War II, it was called RAF Ringway, as a base for the Royal Air Force, and from 1975 until 1986, "Manchester International Airport". The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), a holding company owned by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with the Manchester City Council owning the largest stake. The airport has numerous transport links and is served by the M56 motorway and by the Manchester Airport railway station which provides extensive rail connections.

The airport regularly handled the supersonic transport Concorde and currently houses the British Airways G-BOAC flagship Concorde at the Manchester Runway Visitor Park. Ringway, which the airport was named after, still exists as a village with a few buildings and church at the southern edge of the airport. The airport currently handles 20.8 million passengers annually (2013) and spare capacity exists for up to 50 million passengers annually.[9] Vacant land exists for expansion, future developments include the £800 million Manchester Airport City scheme aims to create logistics, manufacturing, office and hotel space adjacent to the airport. Future transport improvements include a new Metrolink tram line, fourth railway platform, High Speed 2 station and a dedicated relief road.

History

Main articles: History of Manchester Airport and Ringway, Manchester
Circa 1925 map of the area where Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe now are

Manchester Airport (earlier called Ringway Airport) started construction on 28 November 1935 and opened partly in June 1937 and completely on 25 June 1938, in Ringway parish north of Wilmslow. Its north border was Yewtree Lane (on this map, the lane between Firtree Farm and The Grange, east of the crossroads marked "Ringway"). Its southeast border was a little west of Altrincham Road (Styal) (the lane from Oversleyford running northeast then east into the Styal area.)

During World War II it was the Royal Air Force's base RAF Ringway, and was important in military aircraft production and training parachutists. After World War II, the base reverted to a civilian airport, and gradually expanded to its present size. Historically, Manchester Airport has consistently been the busiest airport after London Heathrow for a number of decades following the War.[10]

In 1972, the M56 motorway opened to the airport. By 1993, the airport railway station opened. From 1997 to 2001 its second runway was built, causing large-scale protests in the area.

Future airport expansion

See also: Manchester Airport City
Manchester Airport viewed from the south
Terminal 1 skylink

As part of the Government's 'The Future of Air Transport' White Paper, Manchester Airport published its Master Plan on its proposed expansions until 2030. Demolition of older buildings, such as old storage buildings, the old Alpha Catering Building and Males Garage, to the east of Terminal 3 has already begun, to make way for a new apron and taxiway towards runway 05L/23R, and an eastwards extension of Terminal 3, which is planned to provide 15 more covered stands. A full-length parallel taxiway may be added to the second runway, and more crossing points added across the first runway to improve ground movements of aircraft.

Passenger flow on Terminal 1's gating piers is due to be realigned, with plans to redesign the piers so departures and arrivals do not contraflow on the same level, allowing larger seating areas at the gates, express retail outlets, and a dedicated lounge and gating area for future Airbus A380 flights. Currently, Gate 12, Pier B has been upgraded to accommodate the A380, the only gate at the airport that can handle this aircraft so far. An early phase of this has seen the removal of the South Bay remote aircraft stands, constructed in 1962 between taxiways Juliet and Kilo, and as a result more recently re-aligning taxiway Juliet into an extended taxiway Bravo.

Terminal 2 is due to receive a major extension, to encompass current remote stands to the west. A satellite terminal is also projected for Terminal 2. Between twelve and fifteen covered aircraft stands will be made available by this. An air side link for transferring passengers between Terminals 1 and 2 is at the planning stage, designed in an effort to boost Manchester's chances of becoming a major hub airport and minimise missed connections.

Terminal 3 acquired an extra security control area in November 2007, near check-in area C, dedicated to passengers travelling to Common Travel Area (CTA) destinations. In January 2008, the usage was extended to all Terminal 3 passengers, with the exception of those destined for Frankfurt, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Brussels. This new security control area is now used for all departures from Terminal 3; the old security area has now closed and the area which it once covered is now part of the Terminal 3 air-side departure lounge, housing the retail outlets Accessorize and Dixons Travel.

There also plans to create a business centre to help encourage businesses to set up in Manchester.

Expansion plans 2010 to 2030

In June 2010, Manchester Airport issued a document "The Need for Land" about how it wants to expand over the next 20 years. This expansion plan has caused protests: see Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport (SEMA). The five affected areas are:

Area Where Use now Planned use
Area A A triangle of land between the A538 road and Runway 1 and the cargo terminal Farmland; Ringway village; aircraft viewing area; a deep natural gully called Cotterill Clough expansion of aircraft maintenance and cargo terminal. Clough area to be kept. The A538 to be diverted round the west edge.
Area E A triangle of land west of the A538 up to the M56, with its west corner opposite Warburton Green. Farmland including Oak Farm
Area B A area north of Ringway Road and east of Shadow Moss Road open land; Ringway Trading Estate car parking
Area C Land inside the M56 / M56 spur junction; land further east between the spur and Woodhouse Park open land hotel, offices, etc.
The present northwestern airport car park car park aircraft taxiing and apron area. Thorley Lane to be diverted round its west edge.
Land around Hasty Lane east of M56 houses; farmland (link to image of a threatened house)
Land around the current M56 spur Haletop Farm; other houses; M56 spur car parking and access. The M56 spur may be re-routed southwards.
Area D land on both sides of Manchester Airport railway spur open land, derelict market garden land car parking
Smithy Farm; land east of B5166 Styal Road around and inside railway spur junction farm and various offices, hotel, etc.

World Logistics Hub

This is a plan to build cargo sheds and goods handling on 90 acres of farmland on the southwest side of the A538 road next to the southeast side of the M56 motorway, across the A538 from the present cargo terminal, near Junction 6 of the M56. This will obliterate Oak Farm and Oak Farm Cottages, and the part of Sunbank Lane west of the A538. There are protests about this plan.[11][12][13]

File:Manchester Airport panorama.jpg
A panorama of Manchester Airport showing much of Terminal 1 and a portion of Terminal 3 (back right) as well as the taxiway and old control tower.

Terminals

Manchester Airport has three passenger terminals (Terminals 1, 2 and 3). Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by the skylink, with travelators to aid passengers with the 10–15-minute walk. Terminal 3 is linked to Terminal 1 and the skylink by a covered walkway. The "skylink" also connects the terminals to the airport railway station complex (known as "The Station") and the Radisson BLU Hotel. The Skylink started construction in 1996 and opened 1997. Expansion to the Radisson Hotel was completed in 1998 when the hotel opened.

The airport provides regular direct flights to destinations worldwide by over 60 airlines. North American carriers at Manchester include American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and US Airways. The only scheduled UK operator serving the USA market is Virgin Atlantic. Airlines serving the Asian market include Emirates, Etihad Airways, Pakistan International Airlines, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines. Manchester was an international hub for BMI which offered several destinations from Terminal 3, however the airline withdrew its routes from Manchester to North America and the Caribbean, including to Chicago and Las Vegas during early 2009 for financial reasons.[14]

Scheduled airlines with a base at Manchester include: BMI Regional, EasyJet, Flybe, Jet2, Monarch, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic. Charter airlines with a base at Manchester include: Monarch, Small Planet Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways.

Manchester Airport offers flights to over 190 destinations across the globe and 65 tour operators utilise the facility.[15] Many of Manchester's overseas routes are served by charter flights to holiday destinations, some being seasonal. The proportion of scheduled passengers passing through Manchester has increased from 43% in 1991 to 68% during 2009.[16]

Manchester also offers more destinations than some of the biggest airports in the U.S.A., including New York-JFK, although it is still slightly behind the three biggest 'hubs' in the global aviation network – Atlanta (Georgia, USA), Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) – which each offer more than 250 destinations. However, Manchester serves more foreign destinations than Atlanta and Frankfurt (but not Amsterdam), although being much smaller in terms of total passengers handled.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is used by airlines with scheduled and charter operations, flying to European and other worldwide destinations. It is the largest terminal at the airport. It was opened in 1962, by Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and it is a base for EasyJet, Jet2, Small Planet Airlines and Thomas Cook. Some other airlines that fly out of Terminal 1 include Brussels Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, Swiss, TAP Portugal and Turkish Airlines. Terminal 1 is spread over an area of 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft).

The terminal has 29 stands, of which 15 have air bridges, and is the largest of the three terminals. Terminal 1's current capacity is around 11 million passengers a year.[17] compared with an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers when it first opened.[17]

In the Summer of 2009, a £50 million redevelopment programme for Terminal 1 was completed.[18] As part of the overhaul, which took over 2 years, a new £14 million 14-lane security area opened during April 2008. The terminal's arrivals area has since been revamped with additional catering and retail facilities. Terminal 1's departure lounge has been expanded with a greater choice of shops and restaurants, following the virtual elimination of the landside area, and additional executive lounges have been added. Following the 2007 smoking ban, the indoor ventilated smoking room in the departure lounge was closed, however this was replaced in 2010 by a rooftop smoking terrace to allow passengers to smoke after passing through security.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is used by a variety of airlines, operating both charter and scheduled flights to many European and worldwide destinations. It opened in 1993 and it is a base for Monarch, Thomson Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Some other airlines that use the terminal include Air Malta, Qatar Airways and United Airlines. Terminal 2 is spread over an area of 52,000 m2 (560,000 sq ft).

Terminal 2 has 20 gates, of which 14 have air bridges. The design of the terminal makes it capable of extensive expansion; planning permission already exists for an extension providing additional gates, together with the construction of a satellite pier. Terminal 2's current capacity is around 8 million passengers a year, this will be extended to ultimately handle 25 million passengers a year.[17] In 2007, an £11 million project commenced to redevelop Terminal 2 by improving security facilities and enhancing retail and catering services. This has resulted in the elimination of the land-side shopping area to allow for an expanded air-side departure lounge. The ground level arrivals area has also been redeveloped with improved catering and retail facilities. Like Terminal 1, following the 2007 smoking ban, the indoor ventilated smoking room in the departure lounge was closed, however this was replaced in 2009 by an external smoking area at Gate 300 to allow passengers to smoke after passing through security. The departure lounge also has an unsupervised children's play area at Gate 212. Terminal 2's new upper-level security area opened during July 2008 and the entire terminal redevelopment completed during autumn 2009.

Terminal 3

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 was known in succession as "Terminal 1 – British Airways", "Terminal 1A" and "Terminal 3 – British Airways and Domestic” before becoming simply known as Terminal 3
This Terminal now handles the majority of domestic routes from Manchester as well as some scheduled European flights and a few intercontinental flights.
The terminal was opened in 1989 by Diana, Princess of Wales as 'Terminal 1 Domestic' before re-designating as Terminal 3 in May 1998. It is now primarily a base for Flybe and Ryanair operations. Some other airlines that fly out of Terminal 3 include Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, BMI Regional and KLM. Terminal 3 is spread over an area of 44,400 m2 (478,000 sq ft).

In June 1998, British Airways opened their new £75 million terminal facility designed by Grimshaw Architects, this being a major extension to Terminal 3, and became the primary user of the terminal along with their Oneworld partner airlines.

Later events

More recently British Airways have scaled down operations from the Manchester Airport with the sale of their BA Connect subsidiary to Flybe; and the ending of their franchise agreement with GB Airways a business subsequently sold to Easyjet. In October 2008 the daily New York-JFK service was also terminated and in March 2013, the frequent service to London Gatwick was terminated as well. This leaves a daily high frequency BA Shuttle serving London Heathrow. In codeshare with British Airways Oneworld Alliance partner American Airlines operations remain in Terminal 3 with daily flights to both New York-JFK and Chicago-O'Hare.

Since taking over BA Connect's select routes, Flybe has gone on to add several more destinations. In 2012, Flybe introduced the “mini hub” concept coordinating the arrival and departure times of various domestic services throughout the day and thereby creating combinations such as Norwich-Manchester-Belfast, Glasgow-Manchester-Southampton or even Edinburgh-Manchester-Exeter, and others to be accomplished in each direction with conveniently short transfer times.[19]

In 2013 Virgin Atlantic introduced its 'Little Red' short-haul brand to take-up some of the available Heathrow and Gatwick slots. Manchester was the inaugural destination, with further roll-outs subsequently including Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Initially, these services are operated by aircraft 'wet-leased' from Aer Lingus. There are currently four flights in each direction between Manchester and London which are described as timed to coincide with Virgin Atlantic's international schedules.[20]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200ER takes off
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 takes off
A Qatar Airways Airbus A330-200 landing
An Emirates Airbus A380-800 landing
Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 landing
A Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200 taxiing
A Thomson Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner taxiing
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 taxiing
A Flybe Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 taxiing
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Adria Airways Seasonal: Ljubljana 3
Aegean Airlines Athens 1
Aer Lingus Dublin 1
Aer Lingus Regional
operated by Stobart Air 		Cork, Dublin, Shannon 1
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson (begins 26 June 2014) 1
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle 3
Air Malta Malta 2
Air Transat Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Calgary, Vancouver 		1
American Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK 3
Aurigny Air Services Guernsey 1
Austrian Airlines
operated by Tyrolean Airways 		Charter: Innsbruck 1
BH Air Seasonal: Burgas, Sofia, Varna 1
Belavia Seasonal: Minsk 2
BMI Regional Aberdeen 3
British Airways London-Heathrow 3
British Airways
operated by BA Cityflyer 		Seasonal charter: Faro, Ibiza, Menorca, Olbia, Reus 3
British Airways
operated by
Sun Air of Scandinavia 		Billund, Gothenburg-Landvetter 3
Brussels Airlines Brussels 1
Brussels Airlines
operated by Flybe 		Brussels 1
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong (begins 8 December 2014) 2
Condor Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Seasonal: Kos, Tobago (begins 29 October 2014), Zakynthos 		1
Delta Air Lines Atlanta 2
easyJet Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Catania, Copenhagen, Geneva, Hamburg, Málaga, Malta, Marrakech, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague, Reykjavík-Keflavík, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sofia, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Antalya, Bastia, Corfu, Dalaman, Heraklion, Lyon, Mykonos, Santorini 		1
EgyptAir Cairo 1
Emirates Dubai-International 1
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi 1
Finnair
operated by Flybe Nordic 		Helsinki 1
Flybe Aberdeen, Belfast-City, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Hanover, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Knock, Milan-Malpensa, Nantes, Newquay, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Southampton, Waterford
Seasonal: La Rochelle, Rennes
Seasonal charter: Almeria, Cagliari, Calvi, Chambéry, Geneva, Olbia, Innsbruck, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona 		3
Flybe
operated by Loganair 		Norwich 3
Flynas Jeddah 2
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Bodrum, Dalaman, Izmir 2
Germania Seasonal charter: Corfu, Heraklion, Larnaca, Rhodes, Skiathos, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos 2
Germanwings Cologne/Bonn 1
Germanwings
operated by Eurowings 		Düsseldorf (begins 18 September 2014), Hamburg 1
Icelandair Reykjavík-Keflavík 1
Jetairfly Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca 2
Jet2.com Alicante, Bergerac (begins 25 May 2014), Budapest, Funchal, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Málaga, Murcia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna
Seasonal: Barcelona, Bodrum, Chambéry, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jersey, Kos, Larnaca, Menorca, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pisa, Pula, Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg, Split, Toulouse, Turin (begins 3 December 2014), Zakynthos 		1
KLM Amsterdam 3
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper 		Amsterdam 3
Libyan Airlines Tripoli 1
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Seasonal: Düsseldorf (ends 17 September 2014) 		1
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Eurowings 		Düsseldorf (ends 17 September 2014) 1
Monarch Airlines Agadir, Alicante, Barcelona, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Málaga, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona
Seasonal: Almeria, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Friedrichshafen, Grenoble, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Menorca, Munich, Paphos
Charter: Cancún, Chania, Corfu, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kavala (begins 27 May 2014), Kefalonia, Kos, Luxor, Orlando-Sanford, Preveza, Rhodes, Skiathos, Volos, Zakynthos
Seasonal charter: Geneva, Goa, Salzburg 		2
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stavanger 1
Nouvelair Djerba, Enfidha 1
Onur Air Seasonal charter: Dalaman, Ercan 2
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad, Lahore, New York-JFK[21] 2
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal: Antalya, Dalaman 1
Qatar Airways Doha 2
Ryanair Alicante, Barcelona, Bremen, Budapest, Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven (begins 26 October 2014), Faro, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gdańsk, Gran Canaria, Katowice, Kraków, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Moss/Rygge, Murcia, Paphos, Riga, Rome-Ciampino, Rzeszów, Tenerife-South, Warsaw-Modlin
Seasonal: Beauvais, Béziers, Corfu, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Reus, Tallinn, Trapani, Valencia, Zadar 		3
Saudia Jeddah 2
Scandinavian Airlines Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda 1
Singapore Airlines Munich, Singapore 2
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania, Corfu, Kos, Larnaca, Preveza 1
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich 1
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Helvetic Airways 		Zürich 1
TAP Portugal Lisbon 1
TAP Portugal
operated by Portugália 		Lisbon 1
Thomas Cook Airlines Antigua, Barbados, Cancún, Cayo Coco, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Funchal, Holguin, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Malta, Miami (begins 3 May 2015), New York-JFK (begins 3 May 2015), Montego Bay, Orlando, Paphos, Punta Cana, St Lucia,[22] Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varadero
Seasonal: Almería, Antalya, Banjul, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Djerba (begins 11 May 2014), Geneva, Goa, Heraklion, Ibiza, Lleida-Alguaire, Luxor, Izmir, Kalamata, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Las Vegas, Minorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza, Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg, Santa Clara, Santorini, Skiathos, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona, Zakynthos 		1
Thomson Airways Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Barbados, Boa Vista, Cancún, Enfidha, Funchal, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Lanzarote, Luxor, Málaga, Malta, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Montego Bay, Orlando-Sanford, Paphos, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Sal, Salzburg, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varadero, Verona,
Seasonal: Almeria, Bodrum, Burgas, Catania, Chambéry, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Girona, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Ivalo, Izmir, Kavala, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Minorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Porto Santo, Preveza, Pula, Reus, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos, Sofia, Taba, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo, Zakynthos 		2
Tunisair Enfidha 2
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk 1
United Airlines Newark, Washington-Dulles 2
US Airways Philadelphia
Seasonal: Charlotte (begins 23 May 2014)		 3
Virgin Atlantic Barbados, Orlando
Seasonal: Las Vegas 		2
Virgin Atlantic
operated by Aer Lingus 		London-Heathrow 3
A Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-200F takes off

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cathay Pacific Cargo Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Milan-Malpensa
FedEx Express Birmingham, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
FedEx Express
operated by Air Contractors 		Dublin, Glasgow-International, Liège, London-Stansted, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Shannon
Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt

Destination Maps

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North American (U.S.A. / Canada) destinations from Manchester Airport
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Caribbean Sea / West Indies islands destinations from Manchester Airport
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Mediterranean Sea, (southern Europe and North Africa) areas destinations from Manchester Airport
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Middle Eastern and Asian destinations from Manchester Airport
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Operations and statistics

Passenger numbers

Manchester Airport Passenger Totals 1997–2013 (millions)
Updated: 16 March 2014.[23]
Number of Passengers[24] Number of Movements[25] Freight
(tonnes)[2]
1997 15,948,454 147,405 94,318
1998 17,351,162 162,906 100,099
1999 17,577,765 169,941 107,803
2000 18,568,709 178,468 116,602
2001 19,307,011 182,097 106,406
2002 18,809,185 177,545 113,279
2003 19,699,256 191,518 122,639
2004 21,249,841 208,493 149,181
2005 22,402,856 217,987 147,484
2006 22,422,855 229,729 148,957
2007 22,112,625 222,703 165,366
2008 21,219,195 204,610 141,781
2009 18,724,889 172,515 102,543
2010 17,759,015 147,032 115,922
2011 18,892,756 158,025 107,415
2012 19,736,502 160,473 96,822
2013 20,751,581 161,306 96,373
Source: United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Passenger numbers at Manchester peaked in 2006 when over 22.4 million passed through the airport. In 2013 around 20.7 million passengers used the airport, an increase of 5.1% compared with 2012, making Manchester the third busiest airport in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput.[2]

Busiest routes

Busiest routes by country (2013)
Rank
Country
Passengers
handled
% change
2012-13
1  Spain 2,856,095 Increase06.6
2  United Kingdom 1,998,689 Decrease02.0
3  USA 1,273,216 Increase01.3
4  Germany 1,210,758 Decrease03.0
5  United Arab Emirates 1,093,044 Increase011.4
6  Turkey 997,107 Increase010.4
7  Greece 916,832 Increase011.0
8  Ireland 781,808 Increase02.1
9  France 743,301 Steady00.0
10  Italy 696,507 Increase04.3
11  Netherlands 687,620 Increase02.7
12  Portugal 561,869 Increase019.6
13  Egypt 477,781 Decrease00.7
14  Cyprus 474,384 Decrease03.8
15   Switzerland 427,639 Increase03.8
16  Belgium 302,482 Increase09.9
17  Denmark 294,848 Increase013.2
18  Qatar 243,991 Decrease00.8
19  Pakistan 220,835 Increase07.7
20  Mexico 197,215 Increase017.4
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]
Busiest domestic and Crown dependency routes (2013)[2]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2012/13
1 London-Heathrow 793,364 Increase00.6
2 Belfast-City 279,093 Decrease00.3
3 Aberdeen 201,490 Increase011.5
4 Belfast-International 188,402 Increase026.2
5 Isle of Man 131,007 Increase04.6
6 Southampton 121,044 Increase05.5
7 Edinburgh 118,056 Increase09.6
8 Exeter 83,645 Increase031.6
9 Guernsey 66,256 Increase05.3
10 Inverness 55,433 Increase08.8
Busiest international routes (2013)[2]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2012/13
1 United Arab Emirates Dubai, UAE 768,452 Increase011.0
2 Spain Tenerife South, Spain 694,965 Increase03.1
3 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 687,620 Increase02.7
4 Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain 679,407 Decrease04.8
5 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland 619,380 Increase04.9
6 Spain Alicante, Spain 617,082 Decrease025.5
7 France Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 503,959 Increase04.3
8 Spain Málaga, Spain 495,815 Increase01.7
9 Turkey Dalaman, Turkey 464,126 Increase09.9
10 Portugal Faro, Portugal 413,617 Increase018.1
11 United States Orlando, USA 335,560 Decrease00.9
12 Germany Frankfurt, Germany 335,442 Increase05.6
13 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE 324,592 Increase012.1
14 Spain Arrecife de Lanzarote, Spain 319,981 Increase010.8
15 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt 319,915 Decrease09.6
16 Germany Munich, Germany 314,002 Increase03.0
17 Cyprus Paphos, Cyprus 289,154 Increase01.8
18 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 258,098 Increase010.3
19 Qatar Doha, Qatar 243,991 Decrease00.8
20 Spain Ibiza, Spain 239,462 Increase00.3
21 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland 197,233 Decrease017.3
22 Mexico Cancún, Mexico 197,215 Increase017.4
23 Cyprus Larnaca, Cyprus 185,230 Decrease011.4
24 Spain Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 175,967 Decrease01.3
25 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 170,683 Increase031.9
26 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 170,643 Increase07.7
27 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland 168,797 Increase016.5
28 Spain Mahon de Menorca, Spain 168,582 Increase09.5
29 Malta Malta, Malta 167,060 Decrease01.1
30 Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan 163,995 Increase07.7

Maintenance bases

Manchester Airport is the home to the engineering bases of Thomas Cook Airlines and Monarch Airlines. Airlines such as Etihad Airways also have one of six maintenance bases worldwide in Manchester with their newly opened line maintenance facility.[26]

World Freight Terminal

Antonov An-225 at Manchester Airport in 2006

Manchester Airport has a World Freight Terminal, serving cargo-only freighter services and cargo carried on regular passenger flights.[27] It was opened in 1986, west of the original airfield. There is 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m2) of warehouse and office space on site, including a chiller unit for frozen products and a border inspection post. There are three aircraft maintenance hangars, with five transit sheds, operated by British Airways Regional Cargo, Swissport Cargo, Menzies World Cargo, Plane Handling and Servisair. There are over 100 freight forwarding companies on site.[27]

Freight throughput at the airport grew from 94,000 tonnes in 1997 to the peak at 165,000 tonnes in 2007, but then declined to around 97,000 tonnes in 2012, making Manchester the fifth-busiest UK airport for freight behind London Heathrow, East Midlands, London Stansted and Gatwick airports.[2]

Runways

The A538 road runs beneath both runways via two separate tunnels. Part of the road is exposed between both runways.

Manchester Airport has two parallel runways. Runway 1 (23R/05L) 3,048 m × 45 m (10,000 ft × 148 ft), and Runway 2 (23L/05R) 3,050 m × 45 m (10,007 ft × 148 ft).[1] Both runways are 390 m (1,280 ft) apart and staggered by 1,850 m (6,070 ft) so that arrivals can operate independently on one runway whilst departures use the other.[28]

The original main runway, then designated 06/24 and initially 3,300 ft (1,006 m) in length,[29] opened on 17 May 1937[30] when the airport was used as an RAF base and a military aircraft assembly centre. It was extended in stages from 1952, reaching its current length in 1981 to attract long-haul international traffic. As demand and aircraft movements both increased during the mid-1990s, mainly due to the newly completed Terminal 2, the airport studied the option of a second full-length runway. A consultation process began and planning permission was approved in 1997, with construction work starting the same year.

The second runway, initially designated 06R/24L,[31] became operational on 5 February 2001[30] at a cost of £172 million,[31] and was the first full-length commercial runway to open in Britain for over 20 years.[31] The site where the second runway was constructed was on the southern airfield boundary, which is near the village of Styal in the Cheshire countryside. The project was deemed controversial because of the destruction of natural wildlife habitats[32] and because of the added flight paths which lead to and from the second runway. This results in aircraft flying low over the residential areas of Knutsford[33] and Stockport when landing or taking off, in particular landing aircraft which do not follow 'Preferred Noise Routes'.[34]

Planning permission for Runway 2 (23L/05R) permits use of both runways between the hours of 0600-2200.[30] At night between the hours of 2200-0600 single runway operations based on Runway 1 (23R/05L) are used.[30] Exceptions are made for emergencies and planned maintenance. In practise, dual runway operations incorporating Runway 2 (23L/05R) are only used at peak demand, which is currently in the morning and then again between 1600-2000hrs, though afternoon hours will be extended to 1300-2000hrs from 1 May 2014 to meet increasing demand.[35]

Most aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport use the Instrument Landing System, which in line with most other airports has a glide slope of 3 degrees equal to descending 318 feet per nautical mile.[30] The prevailing wind direction is westerly, so normally aircraft fly from northeast to southwest. In practise this means that normally aircraft land from the northeast over Stockport, Cheadle and Heald Green and takeoff towards Knutsford. In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 1 (23R) and depart from Runway 2 (23L). When the wind direction changes, usually affecting 20% of movements per annum,[30] operations are reversed with aircraft landing from the southwest, lining up to the south over Northwich and over Knutsford and taking off towards Stockport.[30] In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 2 (05R) and depart from Runway 1 (05L).[30] Sometimes, aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport are held in stacks, usually in poor weather when the movement rate decreases.[30] The airport has 3 stacks: DAYNE, MIRSI and ROSUN, each located approximately 15/20 miles from the airport.[30] DAYNE serves arrivals from the south, ROSUN from the north and east and MIRSI from the west.[30] If you live within 20 miles of the airport, you will likely see and hear aircraft.[30]

Control Tower

The new control tower, opened in June 2013, with Thomson Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxiing in at the end of its delivery flight.

A new control tower was opened on 25 June, 2013. At 60 m tall, it is the UK's second tallest control tower, after London Heathrow, and it replaces the old tower on top of Terminal 1.[36]

Security

Manchester Airport is policed by the Greater Manchester Police. Several security-related incidents have occurred at the airport in recent years.

  • In 2002, a security firm successfully smuggled fake explosives, detonators and genuine firearms onto a flight.[37]
  • In 2004, the BBC's Whistleblower programme revealed security failures at the airport, including faulty metal detectors and a lack of regular random baggage checks.[38]
  • In 2005, police used a taser on a man spotted acting suspiciously, on the apron, after he appeared to resist arrest.[39]
  • On 6 June 2006, Aabid Hussain Khan, 21, of West Yorkshire and a 16-year-old boy were arrested at the airport and later charged under Section 57 of the Terrorism Act, for conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause public nuisance by using poisons or explosives.[40]
  • On 24 July 2012, an 11-year-old boy went straight through security and managed to board the nearest boarding flight from security in T1, which happened to be a Jet2 flight to Rome. Halfway through the flight one passenger reported him to the cabin crew, who then detained the boy at Rome and put him on the next flight back to Manchester.[41]

Ground transport

TransPennine Express Class 185 arriving at Manchester Airport Railway Station
In the future Manchester Airport could benefit from construction of a dedicated high-speed rail station linking the airport with the South and Central Manchester

Rail

Manchester Airport railway station, opened in May 1993,[42] forms part of The Station and is located between Terminals 1 and 2. It is linked to the terminals using a Skylink moving walkway. Trains are operated either by Northern Rail or TransPennine Express and connect the airport to Manchester Piccadilly Station and other railway stations mainly throughout northern England, including Crewe, Wigan and Southport, but some trains come from as far as Edinburgh. A third rail platform was completed in December 2008 to allow for an increase in rail capacity. In 2009 Network Rail stated that the creation of the third platform has meant that the capacity at Manchester airport will become constrained by the layover of the trains and congestion at the throat. To solve this issue they have recommended building a line underneath the Airport towards Northwich in the 2019 to 2024 period.[43] On 28 January 2013, the Government announced the station will be included in the 2nd stage of High Speed 2 which will give the airport direct links with other British cities like Birmingham and London and also a quicker route into Central Manchester.

Bus and coach

The Station is the airport's ground transport interchange and brings bus, coach and rail passengers under one roof. Over 300 trains, 100 coaches and 500 buses a day use the facility.[17] Buses serve many locations throughout Greater Manchester,[44] including the 24-hour bus service Skyline (service 43),[45] which runs every 10 minutes (every 30 minutes at night) to Manchester city centre via Wythenshawe, Northenden, Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme. There is also Skyline (service 19) operating every hour to Altrincham via Wythenshawe and Sale. A network of National Express coach services serve Manchester Airport and operate to destinations further afield, including as far as Dublin.

The bus and coach services that use the bus station and its Stand Letter are:[44] (Places in bold are where services terminate)

Road

The airport is a 20-minute drive from Manchester city centre and is reached by the M56 motorway, with a dedicated approach road from the motorway at junction 5. The M56 is the main route used by traffic to reach the airport. There are also minor local roads serving the airport from the north (Wythenshawe) and the east (Heald Green). The M56/A538 road junction serves the World Freight Terminal, to the west of the airport. The A538 runs east-west serving the local towns of Altrincham and Wilmslow.

Taxi ranks are situated by arrivals at all three terminals. Passengers driving to the airport can use the drop-off areas outside the terminal buildings, but when picking up passengers the airport requires that they park in the short stay car parks provided for a fee. Long stay car parks are situated both on and off site.

Parking

The airport's official short-stay car parking can be found in the multi-storey car parks adjacent to Terminals 1, 2 and 3. In July 2007 the airport introduced a 'No Waiting' restriction on all access roads surrounding the terminals. This was a direct result of the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack and so all pick-ups must take place by using the short-stay car parks.

In 2009/2010 Terminal 1's multi-storey car park was refurbished. Each level of the car park is colour-coded. The floor, walls, ceiling and supports have all received a repaint with every parking space having a sensor and green light above it, with empty parking bays indicated by the green light.

Official long-stay on-airport parking from Manchester Airport is located near the terminals and serviced by a regular courtesy bus. There is one long-stay car park serving Terminals 1 and 3, and a separate dedicated long-stay car park for Terminal 2. In 2009, the airport opened JetParks – two long-stay car parks less than a mile from the terminals. This is a cheaper alternative to the on-site car parks and is serviced by a 24-hour shuttle bus every 15 minutes. The airport also operates a Shuttle Park for long-stay car parking, which is also served by a regular courtesy bus, and is located just off the airport site to the east of Terminal 3. There are several privately operated car parks within a short distance of the airport, served by shuttle bus.

Tram

A sign advertising the extension of the Metrolink to Manchester Airport

The Manchester Metrolink light rail system has had plans to extend to the airport for many years. When the idea of a congestion charge was mooted, part of the scheme was to have extended the Metrolink to the airport. However, when this was rejected the future of the scheme was in doubt. In 2009, it was announced that the line to the airport will finally be built. The airport line will be one spur of the line from St Werburgh's Road, to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport, which is due to open in 2016.

Effect on the area; criticism

Expansion of the airport caused closures of public roads in the area.

  • Early development closed Yewtree Lane, which ran across the modern terminal area.
  • Building the goods terminal closed country lanes to the southwest of the airport area.
  • The 1982 expansion cut the A538 road from Altrincham to Wilmslow and diverted it south through a tunnel under the runway: unlike with London Heathrow Airport not all the area is flat: to the south the land drops sharply into the Bollin river valley, and the runway extension needed heavy embankment building.
  • Building the second runway put the A538 through another tunnel, and (this caused public protest and sit-ins) obliterated woodland in the Styal area. It also closed a through country lane from Styal southwest to the A538; traffic along that route now must make a long detour through the center of Wilmslow.
    Between 1997 and 1999 three protest camps were set up to oppose the building of the second runway, the felling of nearby trees on land owned by the National Trust in Styal, Cheshire and air transportation in general. Camps were set up in Flywood, Arthur's Wood[46] and Cedar's Wood. Swampy, a well known activist, was among many protesters.[47]
  • Big eastward expansion of car parks obliterated much open land and the community of Heyhead.
  • Much replacing of farmland by concreted areas and big buildings has caused a big increase in flash floods on the river Bollin.
  • The south west end of the new runway is closer to the town of Knutsford and to the village of Mobberley. There has been an increase in noise experienced by local residents from the aircraft being lower and closer[33] and home owners have not been compensated by the airport.[33]

In 2007 Manchester Airport wanted to build on further green belt land in Styal to increase its car parking. However, the former Macclesfield Borough Council refused to give them planning permission to do so and expressed annoyance at the airport for not investing enough in public transport.[48] Macclesfield Borough Council have said that they would consider giving planning permission for a new car park on brownfield land. The airport did not make another application, despite claims that the number of parking spaces was insufficient for the number of passengers.

Despite public concerns about privacy and health risks,[49] Manchester airport introduced full-body X-ray scanners in all terminals. Under Department for Transport regulations these scans were compulsory for all passengers selected to undergo the scan. Passengers who objected to the scans were not allowed to fly.[50] The X-ray body scanners were removed in September 2012.

Incidents and accidents

  • On 27 March 1951, a Douglas C-47A-75-DL Dakota 3 cargo aircraft operated by Air Transport Charter[51] and en route to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim, Northern Ireland, crashed at Heyhead shortly after take-off from runway 06, following the aircraft's failure to gain height. There were four fatalities – two of the three crew on board and two of the three passengers. The subsequent investigation found that the crash resulted from a loss of engine power, caused by ice forming in the carburettor intakes, attributable to the captain's failure to use the heat controls. An extended undercarriage and snow on the wings may have also been contributory factors.[52]
  • On 14 March 1957, British European Airways Flight "Bealine 411" operated by Vickers Viscount 701 (registration G-ALWE) inbound from Amsterdam crashed into houses in Shadow Moss Road, Woodhouse Park. The aircraft was on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, and the crash was due to a flap failure, caused by fatigue of a wing bolt. All 20 occupants on board died, as did two on the ground.
  • On 29 April 1957, a Miles Aerovan Type 4 crashed on take off due to fuel pump failure. 2 on board were killed including the female pilot.
  • On 4 June 1967 – Stockport Air Disaster – British Midland Airways Canadair C-4 Argonaut (registration G-ALHG) was inbound from Palma and crashed near the centre of Stockport after loss of engine power due to fuel problems and an aborted approach to Manchester Airport, with 72 fatalities.
  • On 20 March 1969, Vickers Viscount G-AVJA of British Midland Airways crashed on take-off. Three of the four people on board were killed.[53]
  • On 22 August 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M – an engine failed during take-off from runway 24, the fire spreading into the cabin, resulting in 55 fatalities aboard the Boeing 737–236 Advanced G-BGJL. The uncontained engine failure was later traced to an incorrectly repaired combustor causing the turbine disc to shatter and puncture the wing fuel tanks.[54]

Public attractions

Concorde BOAC in her hangar at the Aviation Viewing Park.
ex-British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B preserved at the Aviation Viewing Park. Delivered new in 1971, G-AWZK flew for BEA and British Airways, retiring in 1985.

Manchester Airport has had public viewing areas since the airport opened to the public in 1938. The 1960/1970s pier-top viewing facilities have been closed because of security concerns. In May 1992, an official "Aviation Viewing Park" (AVP) was created just off the A538 road on the south-western side of the airfield. This was moved to the western side of the airfield in May 1997 to allow construction of the second runway.[55] Renamed the "Runway Visitor Park" in June 2010, the facility is regarded as providing the best official viewing facilities for aircraft spotting at any major UK airport by aircraft enthusiasts.[56] Visitors can view aircraft taking off and landing from both runways, and aircraft taxiing to and from the runways. This attraction now draws around 300,000 visitors a year and is one of Greater Manchester's top 10 attractions.[57]

The visitor park also has a cafe and a shop selling aviation related items. Aircraft on display are:

  • G-BOAC, a retired British Airways Concorde, once the flagship of the airline's seven-strong Concorde fleet. The project to build a hangar for the jet was delayed due to the discovery of protected Great Crested Newts[58] on the site, which the airport is under obligation to rehouse at their own expense. The aircraft was moved into the hangar on 13 January 2009.
  • The last airliner to be built in the UK, BAE Systems Avro RJX G-IRJX.
  • The forward fuselage of Monarch Airlines Douglas DC-10 G-DMCA, which was retired in 2002.
  • One of only two preserved Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B aircraft, G-AWZK in full BEA livery.
  • A former RAF Nimrod aircraft. The aircraft was moved into place in April 2010.[59]

Level 13 of the short-stay car park at Terminal 1 has another viewing location, popular with spotters for the last 32 years. As part of a recent refurbishment, the café and aviation shop which were once part of the viewing area have now been closed, with the aviation shop moving to the Terminal 1 arrivals area. The level (13) is now used as a car park for rental cars. The building that once housed the cafe and aviation shop is now the reception area/offices for the car rental companies. Spotting is still tolerated on level 13, and it is still a good place to take pictures of aircraft taxiing and parked up at Terminal 1, Terminal 2, the World Freight Terminal and the hangars. Terminal 3 stands are not visible from level 13; they are better viewed from the south side of the airport near Moss Lane.

The Airport Hotel is a public house operated by Robinson's Brewery, and is on Ringway Road about 0.5 mi (0.80 km) from the airport. Its beer garden overlooks the east end of Taxiway J and the eastern threshold of runway 23R which are only 50 ft (15 m) away and provides good views of east-west landing approaches and some take-off rolls.

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External links

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Manchester Airport travel guide from Wikivoyage

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