Southampton International Airport

Southampton International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGHI
IATA code	SOU
Coordinates	50 ° 57 '1 "  N , 1 ° 21' 24"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '1 "  N , 1 ° 21' 24"  W.
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

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. ↑ https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-tracker/BM/1767/