Humberside Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Manchester Airports Group | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Humberside International Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kirmington, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 121 ft / 37 m | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.humbersideairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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  EGNJ Location in Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
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Humberside Airport (IATA: HUY, ICAO: EGNJ) is situated at Kirmington in the Borough of North Lincolnshire, England, 10 NM (19 km; 12 mi)[1] west of Grimsby and around 15 mi (24 km) from both Kingston upon Hull and Scunthorpe, on the A18. It is a small international airport, owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the largest UK-owned airport group, which acquired Humberside Airport in 1999.
The airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 mi (110 km)), Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (28 mi (45 km)) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford International Airport (74 mi (119 km)); all of these airports offer a substantially wider range of scheduled flights than Humberside Airport, although Robin Hood Airport has also seen large reductions in holiday flights during the last 12 months. Passenger numbers at the airport peaked in the early to mid-2000s when the facility was used by around 500,000 passengers per year, however this had fallen to around 275,000 passengers in 2011.[2] Cargo throughput at Humberside, however, reached record levels in 2011 at over 1,100 tonnes, around 10 times the level seen in 2005.[2]
Humberside International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P739) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
According to Airports Council International, Humberside Airport was voted in 2010 the best European airport serving fewer than two million passengers annually.[3]
History
The airport was previously a Royal Air Force base, RAF Kirmington, opened in 1941 during World War II, from which No. 166 Squadron RAF operated the Avro Lancaster. The site was abandoned after the war in 1945, and lay unused until 1974 when the local council re-opened the site as Kirmington Airport. When the local area was renamed Humberside following local government re-organisation in England, the name was changed to Humberside Airport. The main runway, designated 03/21 (now 02/20) was extended to its current length in 1992, allowing operation of much larger aircraft.
In 2008, MAG announced that it was conducting a review of their strategy for Humberside Airport, and all options including disposal were under consideration.[citation needed] In December 2008, MAG announced they intend to retain Humberside Airport, due to a number of investments, such as the new £1.6 million perishables hub.[citation needed] There has also been the recent development of a new hotel for the use by the gas and oil rig workers. However, this operation is not designed or licensed to operate as accommodation for normal passengers.[citation needed] This is a temporary structure run by Nightel, a locally based niche business, there will be a permanent structure built in the next five years once demand for the facility has been confirmed.[citation needed]
The airport is also used to service the offshore gas storage and drilling operations for BP[4] and Centrica Storage[5] with over 1000 helicopter movements per month;[citation needed] it is the second largest helicopter hub in the UK. CHC & Bristow are the only two commercial helicopter operations at the airport.[citation needed] Only Aberdeen in Scotland is currently busier in this regard.[citation needed]
Humberside has one of the highest NEQ approval levels of any airport in Europe,[6] and has seen significant growth in cargo throughput from 144 tonnes in 2007 to 1,132 tonnes in 2011.[2]
Humberside airport has a very high[quantify] amount of general aviation activity, with 5 resident flying clubs and organisations offering fixed wing and rotary training. Weston Aviation opened in May 2011 a fixed based operation (FBO) at Humberside International airport. This will be the first dedicated FBO at the airport and the company has also opened a regional charter sales office at the airport to promote and develop the use of business and private aviation in the local Humberside region.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Heraklion |
| BH Air | Seasonal: Bourgas |
| Eastern Airways | Aberdeen |
| Flybe | Seasonal: Jersey |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal: Dalaman, Palma de Mallorca |
Cargo flights
Icelandair Cargo operate a weekly Sunday flight from Keflavík which then departs to Liege[7]. However, this has now been cancelled, rescheduled to start in September 2012.
Passenger statistics
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| Updated: 11 April 2012.[2] |
| Number of Passengers | Aircraft Movements | Cargo (tonnes) | ||
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| 2000 | 447,738 | 38,894 | 130 | |
| 2001 | 435,473 | 39,858 | 157 | |
| 2002 | 492,433 | 42,361 | 126 | |
| 2003 | 517,692 | 39,318 | 945 | |
| 2004 | 531,277 | 38,455 | 752 | |
| 2005 | 460,930 | 36,839 | 114 | |
| 2006 | 520,956 | 37,545 | 144 | |
| 2007 | 468,522 | 38,797 | 144 | |
| 2008 | 427,669 | 37,758 | 168 | |
| 2009 | 336,649 | 35,060 | 241 | |
| 2010 | 283,191 | 32,813 | 600 | |
| 2011 | 274,609 | 26,599 | 1,132 | |
| Source: CAA Official Statistics[8] | ||||
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % Change 2009 / 10 | |
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| 1 |  Netherlands - Amsterdam |
118,934 |  4.6
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| 2 |  United Kingdom - Aberdeen |
30,175 | 11.5
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| 3 |  Turkey - Dalaman |
19,619 |  8
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| 4 |  Cyprus - Larnaca |
16,114 | 20
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| 5 |  Spain - Palma de Mallorca |
15,409 | 40
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| 6 |  Greece - Heraklion |
12,192 | 3
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| 7 | Turkey - Antalya |
5,233 | 40.1
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| 8 |  Bulgaria - Bourgas |
3,423 | 8.3
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| 9 | Bulgaria - Bourgas |
3,162 | no change | |
| 10 | United Kingdom - Jersey |
2,157 | 4.7
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| Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [1] | ||||
Ground transport
Bus service
An hourly daytime bus service runs from Grimsby and Hull to the airport from Monday to Saturday.
Other facilities
The airline Eastern Airways has its head office in the Schiphol House on the airport property.[9]
References
- ^ a b Humberside - EGNJ
- ^ a b c d e UK Annual Airport Statistics
- ^ "Incheon International Airport named Best Airport Worldwide". Airports Council International. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Asset Portfolio - The Ravenspurn North Field" (PDF). BP. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "About Us - Key Facts". Centrica Storage. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Weston Cargo Aircraft Charter". Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.icelandaircargo.com/tools/flight-schedule/
- ^ UK Airport Statistics
- ^ Home page. Eastern Airways. Retrieved on 29 December 2011. "Head Office Eastern Airways Schiphol House Humberside Airport Kirmington DN39 6YH"
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