Southampton International Airport
Southampton International Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | EGHI |
IATA code | SOU |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 13 m (43 ft ) |
Basic data | |
opening | 1957 |
operator | AGS Airports |
Passengers | 1,947,052 (2016) |
Air freight | 173 t (2016) |
Flight movements |
42,824 (2016) |
Start-and runway | |
02/20 | 1723 m × 37 m asphalt |
The Southampton Airport ( IATA : SOU , ICAO : EGHI is international) commercial airport of Southampton in southern England . With 1.9 million passengers in 2016, it is the 17th largest airport in the UK .
history
As early as 1910, Edwin Moon made the first attempts at his monoplane on the site of today's airport .
In 1936 the first flight of a Supermarine Spitfire took off from the Royal Air Force base, which was temporarily located here .
Location and transport links
The airport is located in Eastleigh, northeast of Southampton, between the M3 and M27 motorways . There is a direct connection to London Waterloo from the connected train station .
Airlines and Destinations
Southampton has connections to several national and European city and holiday destinations, including Paris , Manchester , Amsterdam , Glasgow and Palma . The only German-speaking destination is Düsseldorf with Flybe . There are also connections to Alderney , Guernsey , Jersey and the Isle of Man from here .
Web links
- Official website of Southampton International Airport (German)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-tracker/BM/1767/