Alderney Airport
| Alderney Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EGJA |
| IATA code | ACI |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 88 m (289 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 1 km southwest of Saint Anne |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1935 |
| operator | States of Guernsey |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 53,155 (2019) |
| Air freight | 176 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
8,326 (2019) |
| Runways | |
| 03/21 | 497 m × 37 m grass |
| 08/26 | 877 m × 18 m asphalt |
| 13/31 | 733 m × 37 m grass |
| website | |
| www.alderney.gov.gg/article/4153/Airport | |
The Alderney Airport ( IATA code : ACI , ICAO code : EGJA , official name Alderney Airport ) is the airport of the capital of Saint Anne on the Channel Island of Alderney . It is the closest airport on the Channel Islands to both mainland France and the south coast of England.
history
Alderney Airport opened in 1935 as the Channel Islands' first land-based airport. It initially had three grass-covered runways , the longest of which was around 500 meters long. An 880 meter long asphalt runway was laid out in 1968; In the same year today's terminal building was built. In 1988 a new control tower was built, and in 1989 the asphalt runway was widened to its current dimensions.
Investments
Alderney Airport is the only airport on the Channel Islands to have three runways, of which only the 880 meter long main runway 8/26, which is roughly 880 meters long, is paved. This is equipped with permanently installed high-intensity runway lighting, while for runway 13/31 there is portable low-intensity lighting that can be set up within 20 minutes on request. A non-directional radio beacon (NDB) is installed at the airport for simple instrument approaches to runway 8/26 .
The small terminal building contains an arrivals hall and a departure lounge with security for passengers and luggage and check-in desk for the local airline Aurigny Air Services . A small café sells snacks and refreshments as well as souvenirs and duty-free items .
The airport has a hangar and an airport fire department . Duty-free and tax-free aviation fuel is offered for refueling .
Airlines and Destinations
Alderney Airport (as of April 2016) is regularly served exclusively by the Guernsey- based airline Aurigny Air Services, which operates several daily flights to Guernsey and Southampton . Previous connections such as Brighton , Bournemouth , Cherbourg , Exeter , Plymouth and Jersey were closed due to a lack of profitability; airlines such as Blue Islands , which had previously offered flights to Alderney, have also withdrawn from here. This is reflected in the number of aircraft movements and passengers, which have fallen roughly in half since their peak in 1990, when around 20,000 aircraft movements handled more than 100,000 passengers.
A significant proportion of the flight movements at Alderney Airport are accounted for by flights by private planes.
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail) |
Flight movements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53,155 | 176 | 8,326 |
| 2018 | 53,343 | 198 | 8,981 |
| 2017 | 54,760 | 178 | 9,707 |
| 2016 | 57,595 | 168 | 10.120 |
| 2015 | 59,843 | 191 | 10.149 |
| 2014 | 61,317 | 201 | 10,754 |
| 2013 | 62,855 | 217 | 10,460 |
| 2012 | 64,165 | 357 | 10,362 |
| 2011 | 69,546 | 509 | 12,297 |
| 2010 | 70.012 | 501 | 12,833 |
| 2009 | 74,835 | 538 | 12,985 |
| 2008 | 77.104 | 551 | 13,033 |
| 2007 | 79,087 | 489 | 14,579 |
| 2006 | 76,806 | 435 | 14,976 |
| 2005 | 76.205 | 493 | 15,250 |
| 2004 | 74,292 | 660 | 15,186 |
| 2003 | 72,248 | 602 | 15,407 |
| 2002 | 72,861 | 607 | 14,388 |
| 2001 | 72.111 | 576 | 14,311 |
Incidents
- On August 26, 1966, a private Piper PA-22-160 ( aircraft registration G-ARXK ) crashed into the sea while approaching Alderney just off the coast. All three aircraft occupants were killed.
- On August 23, 2009, a private Piper PA-32R -300 (aircraft registration G-BTCA ) encountered turbulence while approaching with poor visibility. In the subsequent crash landing directly in front of the runway, the aircraft caught fire and was completely destroyed; the four occupants survived the accident with minor injuries.
literature
- Edward Pinnegar: A History of Aviation in Alderney . Amberley Publishing, Stroud 2010, ISBN 978-1-84868-981-7 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Airport - Alderney. Airport website. In: alderney.gov.gg. States of Alderney(English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Table_09_Terminal_and_Transit_Passengers. (PDF; 81 kB) In: Airport data 2019. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 3 , accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Table_13_2_Freight. (PDF; 14 kB) In: Airport data 2019. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 3 , accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Table_16_2_Mail. (PDF; 12 kB) In: Airport data 2019. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 2 , accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Table_03_1_Aircraft_Movements. (PDF; 161 kB) In: Airport data 2019. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 3 , accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c d NATS Aeronautical Information Service - The UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package (IAIP). Under “Current eAIP - electronic AIP” you get the current “eAIP United Kingdom”. There you will find the currently valid data sheet and the charts for Alderney Airport with all the data linked here under "AD 2 - AERODROMES: EGJA ALDERNEY" . In: nats-uk.ead-it.com. NATS Holdings Limited, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ^ History and Information. In: alderney.gov.gg. States of Alderney, accessed June 28, 2020 (with incorrect year for construction of the airport).
- ^ Alderney Airport. In: Guernsey Airport Official Website. States of Guernsey, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Private Aviation. In: alderney.gov.gg. States of Alderney, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ 1995 Monthly Airport Data. (ZIP; 1.99 MB) Table_03_2_Aircraft_Movements_1986_1995 and Table_10_3_Terminal_Pax_1986_1995 . In: Airport data 1990 onwards. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Airport data 1990 onwards. In: UK airport data. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), accessed June 28, 2020 (English, website with links to all imaginable statistics from the last 30 years).
- ↑ Wikibase entry Accident Piper PA-22 G-ARXK on August 26, 1966 in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on June 28, 2020.
- ↑ Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance, G-BTCA, August 23, 2009. Investigation report. In: Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports. Government of the United Kingdom, accessed June 28, 2020 .
