Bournemouth Airport

Bournemouth Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGHH
IATA code	BOH
Coordinates	50 ° 46 '48 "  N , 1 ° 50' 33"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '48 "  N , 1 ° 50' 33"  W.
Height above MSL	12 m (39  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8 km northeast of Bournemouth
Street
Basic data
opening	1944 (civil use)
operator	Manchester Airports Group
Passengers	667,981 (2016)
Air freight	0 (2016)
Flight movements	36,922 (2016)
Start-and runway
08/26	2271 m × 46 m asphalt

The Bournemouth Airport (IATA: BOH; ICAO: EGHH; Engl. : Bournemouth Airport , formerly Hurn Airport ) is the international passenger airport of Bournemouth in southern England .

history

The airport was opened by the Royal Air Force on August 1, 1941 as the RAF Hurn military airfield . A civil use took place from 1944.

The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) moved its base for intercontinental flights from Bristol to Hurn in November 1944 and used the airport in this capacity until it moved to London Heathrow in 1948. The British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs (renamed British in 1960 Aircraft Corporation ) took over the orphaned hangars of the BOAC in 1951 and manufactured Vickers Varsity and Vickers Viscount aircraft in the hangars .

From the beginning of the 1960s until the production line was closed in 1984, BAC 1-11 jet aircraft were built and serviced on site.

In 1969 the name of Hurn Airport was officially changed to Bournemouth Airport. In the following years Bournemouth was mainly used as a regional airport and as a starting point for flights to the British Channel Islands . The production facilities of the British Aircraft Corporation and the settlement of other companies ensured additional civil and military flight operations.

The start of regular charter flights to the Mediterranean area began in 1993 and led to the name change to Bournemouth International Airport . The Bournemouth-based airline European Aviation Air Charter first offered flight connections to the USA at the end of 2002. These were discontinued after a few weeks, because the Boeing 747 aircraft used could not take off with full take -off weight due to the relatively short runway and thus an economical flight operation was not possible.

Since 2005 the airport has been served by so-called low - cost airlines, in particular Ryanair , Thomson Airways and easyJet . The Manchester Airports Group, which has been operating the airport since 2001, began an extensive expansion program in 2007, during which additional parking spaces were created and the terminal and apron were modernized.

In mid-2009 the airport received approval for landings under bad weather conditions according to CAT III. For this purpose, an instrument landing system (ILS) was installed by the Thales Group .

Location and transport links

Bournemouth Airport is located in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England, about one kilometer west of the small village of Hurn, which gave the airport its original name. The city of Bournemouth is about eight kilometers away and can be reached via the multi-lane trunk road A338. There is an hourly bus service to Bournemouth.

Airlines and Destinations

Bournemouth has almost exclusively seasonal connections to European holiday destinations, including Alicante , Malta , Faro and Tenerife . The largest local providers are Ryanair and Thomson Airways .

The next larger airport, from which more regional and European city destinations are served, is Southampton Airport, about 40 km to the east . Furthermore, the London airports Heathrow and Gatwick are about 120 km northeast .

Web links

Commons : Bournemouth Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Bournemouth Airport (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Dorset Echo 27th August 2003 [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ [2]
6. ↑ FliegerRevue October 2009, p. 7, Bournemouth CAT III approved