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At a Glance
Birmingham Airport
6.5 miles south-east of Birmingham
Latitude: 52°27' 13" N
Longitude: 1°44' 52" W
Map: Click here
Aerial Photo: Click here
Elevation: 325 feet
Operator: Birmingham Airport Ltd - 49% owned by seven District Councils in the West Midlands,
48.25% by the West Midlands Airport Group Investments Ltd. (owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Australia's Victorian Funds Management Corporation) and
2.75% by an
employee share trust.
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IATA Identifier: BHX
ICAO Identifier: EGBB
Total Passengers 2007: 9.226million
Total Movements 2007: 114,679
Runway Length 15/33: 2605m x 46m
Runway Length 06/24: 1315m x 30m
Address: Birmingham International Airport Limited, Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, B26 3QJ
Tel: 08707 335511 Fax: 0121 782 8802
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About the Airport
The Airport's website contains a wealth of information about the airport's history and development and much more: -
The views expressed on the Airport's website are, of course, those of the Airport - they do not necessarily reflect the views of the Consultative Commitee or its individual members.
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CAA 2007 Airports Statistics
Notes
1. "Air transport movements" are landings or take-offs of aircraft engaged on the transport of passengers, cargo or mail on commercial terms.
3 . A "terminal passenger" is a passenger joining or leaving an aircraft at the airport. A passenger who changes from one aircraft to another, carrying the same flight number (change of gauge) is treated as a terminal passenger, as is an interlining passenger.
4 . A "transit passenger" is a passenger who arrives at and departs from the airport on the same aircraft which is transiting the airport. Each transit passenger is counted once only and not both on arrival and on departure.
5 . Click the thumbnails to see larger charts
4. The 2008 figures will become available in April or May 2009.
Headline
In 2007 Birmingham International Airport handled 9.134 million terminal passengers representing 3.8% of traffic at UK airports. This represents an increase of 15.5% over 2002 when the Airport handled 7.911 million terminal passengers representing 4.2% of traffic at UK airports.
Aircraft Movements
| In 2007 there were 114,679 aircraft movements, a reduction of 4,811 (4%) over 2006. Chart 1 shows that the great majority of these (104,481 movements - 91%) were air transport movements (atms) excluding air taxi movements (636). Of the remainder the largest classes were business flights, positioning flights and local movements which together made up about 7.4% of flights. |
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Chart 2 shows aircraft movements at Birmingham year by year since 1987. Over that period of 20 years annual movements have increased by more than 39,000 (51%). In 2007 there was a 4% decrease in the total number of movements compared with 2006 |
| From Chart 3 it will be seen that among air transport movements (atms) in 2007 the number of scheduled flights (87%) by far exceeded charter movements. Chart 4 shows that the great majority (65%) of atms - both scheduled and charter - were flown by UK carriers. |
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Chart 5 shows for each month of 2007 the number of diverted flights and Chart 6 the airports to which they were diverted. The number of diversions was very small - only 0.09% of landings. Most of the diverted flights went to Manchester, East Midlands and Coventry. |
During 2007 Birmingham handled 13,585 tonnes of freight (85% of it on scheduled flights) and 26 tonnes of mail - all carried on scheduled flights.
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Passengers
In 2007 Birmingham was used by 9,226,340 passengers. Of this number some 73% were passengers on scheduled flights - see Chart 7. The great majority (9,135,044 - 99%) were classifed as terminal passengers. Only 92,285 passengers were transit passengers
| Chart 8 shows the number of terminal pasengers at Birmingham year by year since 1987. Over that period the number of passengers increased by 346%. It can be seen that in 2007 there was a 0.9% decrease in the number of passengers compared with 2006. |
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Chart 9 shows that in 2007 nearly 17% of passengers travelled to or from UK destinations. Nearly 68% flew to or from EU countries while the remainder (15%) travelled to or from other international destinations. From Chart 10 it can be seen that almost 64% of passengers flew with UK airlines with another 25% using other EU carriers. |
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CAA Passenger Survey 2006
This Survey was conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority at 11 Airports in the UK. Here are some of the findings for Birmingham :
Business Passengers: 23%
Leisure Passengers: 77%
UK Passengers: 82%
Foreign Passengers: 18%
Terminating Passengers: 97.5%
Interlining Passengers: 2.5%
Average passenger age: 43.5
Average business passenger salary: £49,451
Average leisure passenger household income: £40,588
Surface Access:
Passengers using private car – 54%
Passengers using public transport – 18%
Passengers using hire car – 3%
Passengers using taxi – 24% |
Passenger Group Size
Passengers travelling alone – 37.8%
Passengers travelling with one other – 34.2%
Passengers travelling with two others – 9%
Passengers travelling with three others – 11%
Passengers travelling with four others – 4.2%
Passengers travelling with five or more – 3.9% |
For more information about Birmingham, and the other Airports covered by the survey visit the CAA's website
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