Glasgow Airport

Glasgow International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGPF
IATA code	GLA
Coordinates	55 ° 52 '19 "  N , 4 ° 25' 59"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '19 "  N , 4 ° 25' 59"  W.
Height above MSL	8 m (26  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km west of Glasgow
Street
Basic data
opening	1966
operator	Glasgow Airport Ltd., a subsidiary of AGS Airports Ltd.
Terminals	1
Passengers	9,327,193 (2016)
Air freight	12,921 t (2016)
Flight movements	98,127 (2016)
Runways
05/23	2665 m × 46 m asphalt
(former 09/27, today taxiway Y and C)	1045 m × 46 m asphalt

The Glasgow International Airport ( IATA : GLA ; ICAO : EGPF ; Engl. Glasgow International Airport ) is the international passenger airport of the Scottish city Glasgow . The airport, operated by AGS Airports , is the second largest airport in the country with 9.327 million passengers in 2016 after Edinburgh Airport, which is about 65 km to the east . AGS Airports also operates Aberdeen International and Southampton International airports .

The second airport for the greater Glasgow area, Glasgow-Prestwick Airport , is primarily used by low-cost airlines and is located about 40 km southwest of the city.

Location and transport links

The airport is located about 8 km west of the city center of Glasgow near Paisley in Renfrewshire and is directly connected to the city center by bus lines 500 and 747Airlink of the companies GlasgowFlyer and First Glasgow . There are also bus connections to other places in the area.

construction

The airport was built to a design by the architect Basil Spence since 1961 and opened in 1966. Plastic cladding was added in 1991, which has been heavily criticized by architecture critics. The airport has a terminal with 64 check-in counters (with the small mounting places with the switches 40-64 as T2 is referred to) and 36 piers partially with passenger loading bridges are equipped. In addition to the usual service facilities and retail space, there are also several airport lounges available, including one from Flybe .

Airlines and Destinations

Glasgow International has numerous connections to national, European and North African destinations as well as some long-haul destinations in North America and the Caribbean. There are flights to London , Belfast , Amsterdam , Copenhagen , Barcelona , Monastir and Faro , for example . There are intercontinental flights with Air Transat to Toronto , United Airlines to Newark near New York City and Emirates to Dubai as well as to some holiday destinations such as Punta Cana . German-speaking destinations are Berlin , Düsseldorf and (seasonal) Salzburg .

Incidents

• On March 28, 1956, a Douglas DC-3 (C-47B) of the British Starways ( aircraft registration G-AMRB ) flew straight into a mountain when approaching Glasgow Airport. One of the three crew members was killed.

• A terrorist attack was carried out on the airport on June 30, 2007 when an off-road vehicle rammed the terminal building and immediately went up in flames. According to initial information, the car was prepared with combustible material. Since the vehicle could not enter the passenger hall, only five people were slightly injured. The day before, two car bombs had been discovered and defused in London.

• On January 19, 1973 was Vickers Viscount 802 of the British European Airways (BEA) (G-AOHI) on a test flight from Glasgow Airport from the almost 1200 meter high peak of Ben More flown some 60 kilometers north of Glasgow. All four occupants, two crew members and two passengers, were killed.

Web links

Commons : Glasgow Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Glasgow International 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. ^ Glasgow Airport , Sir Basil Spence Archive Project
5. ↑ glasgow 1999 and beyond , David Mingay, thejoyofconcrete.org
6. ↑ Famous Buildings, Glasgow-style - David Mingay, the author of thejoyofconcrete.org, outlines changes to other famous buildings based on the example of Glasgow Airport
7. ^ Accident report DC-3 G-AMRB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 9, 2017.
8. ^ Süddeutsche.de : Off-road vehicle races into the airport - highest alert level in Great Britain , from July 1, 2007
9. ^ Accident report Viscount 802 G-AOHI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2018.