BHXEGBB

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham, West Midlands · United Kingdom · Europe/London

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1Runways
10,013Longest (ft)
327Elevation (ft)
79Route Records
24Airline Records
UTC+0Timezone
157Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

39Regional Hub
Shortest route
IOMIsle of Man Airport263.4 km
Flybe
Longest route
DELIndira Gandhi International Airport6,799.2 km
Air India Limited
Nearest international
IOMIsle of Man Airport263.4 km
Flybe
Longest international
DELIndira Gandhi International Airport6,799.2 km
Air India Limited
Longest domestic
INVInverness Airport584.4 km
Flybe

Airport Connectivity Score

39/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served79 destinations
Airline diversity24 airlines
Haul mix coverage3 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

15/3310,013 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
44
medium-haul
27
long-haul
8

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
CVTCoventry Airport20.5 km
Nearest same country
CVTCoventry Airport20.5 km
Nearest international
IOMIsle of Man Airport263.4 km
Farthest airport
DUDDunedin International Airport19,084.1 km
Within 500 km: 108 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 254 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 575 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1CVTCoventry Airport20.5 kmM
2EMAEast Midlands Airport50.6 kmL
3GLOGloucestershire Airport68.5 kmM
4NQTNottingham City Airport68.7 kmM
5OXFLondon Oxford Airport74.6 kmM
6BZZRAF Brize Norton79.1 kmM
7FFDRAF Fairford85.7 kmM
8BEXRAF Benson103.5 kmM
9MANManchester Airport105.8 kmL
10LTNLondon Luton Airport114 kmL

ATC Frequencies6

APPAPP118.05 MHz
APP—123.975 MHz
ATISATIS136.02 MHz
Fire—121.6 MHz
GNDGND121.8 MHz
TWRTWR118.3 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

321
24
738
21
320
20
E75
18
DH4
16
75W
15
73H
8
319
5
E95
3
752
3

Live Departures & Arrivals12

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PAV691C25A3,950 ft
GBEUXC1722,500 ft
TDT12A1091,450 ft
GSCHIAS50-300 ft
GOKPSSKRA600 ft
RYR7281B7381,475 ft
VHTCUSR204,900 ft
GLLOYPNR31,950 ft
N980SAUnknown type1,475 ft
GESKRSKRA875 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Cessna 525A CitationJet 2+ at Faro - LPFRPhoto: JAMart via JetPhotosReims-Cessna F172N Skyhawk II at Sandown Isle of Wight - EGHNPhoto: Ian Johnson via JetPhotosAgusta-Westland AW-109 Trekker at Birmingham/Elmdon Int'l Airport - EGBBPhoto: Raccoon783 via JetPhotosEurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil at Wellesbourne-Mountford - EGBWPhoto: Glyn Charles Jones via JetPhotosBest Off Nynja at Popham - EGHPPhoto: Terry Figg via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8AS at Brussels Zaventem Int'l Airport - EBBRPhoto: Jan-Eike Berger via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset24

EIAer Lingus
AFAir France
AIAir India Limited
KMAir Malta
BMAir Sicilia
SNBrussels Airlines
DECondor Flugdienst
T3Eastern Airways
EKEmirates
BEFlybe
4UGermanwings
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
LHLufthansa Cargo
ZBMonarch Airlines
PKPakistan International Airlines
QFQantas
FRRyanair
SKScandinavian Airlines System
LXSwiss International Air Lines
TOTransavia France
TKTurkish Airlines
T5Turkmenistan Airlines
UAUnited Airlines
U2easyJet

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Airport HistoryEst. 1939

Birmingham Airport opened in 1939 as Elmdon Airport in an Art Deco terminal building, served as an RAF training and production site during the Second World War, and grew through the postwar decades into England's seventh-busiest airport. Ownership has long been split between West Midlands local authorities and private infrastructure investors, a structure that has itself changed hands in recent years.

✦Birmingham Airport's original 1939 Art Deco terminal, designed by Norman and Dawbarn, still stands as one of the finest surviving examples of interwar British airport architecture.
✦Seven West Midlands local councils have jointly held roughly half of the airport's shares for decades, an unusually persistent local-government ownership stake among major UK airports.
1939
Elmdon Airport Opens

The airport opens as Elmdon Airport on July 8, 1939, in an Art Deco terminal designed by Norman and Dawbarn, with the Duchess of Kent and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain officiating.

1946
Reopens After Wartime Requisition

Having operated as RAF Elmdon for flight training and wartime production, with two hard runways added, the airport reopens to civilian operations on July 8, 1946.

1961
International Terminal Added

A dedicated International Terminal building opens in 1961, following the 1949 resumption of scheduled British European Airways service to Paris.

1970
Runway Extended for Transatlantic Service

The main runway is extended to 7,400 feet between 1967 and 1970, enabling transatlantic service to New York via VC-10 aircraft from 1967.

1974
West Midlands County Council Takes Over

Management of the airport passes to the newly formed West Midlands Metropolitan County Council in 1974.

1984
Terminal 1 Opens

A new Terminal 1 opens in 1984, providing a modern replacement for the original 1939 Elmdon terminal building.

2010
Drops 'International' from Name

The airport shortens its name from Birmingham International Airport to simply Birmingham Airport.

2014
Runway Extension Completed

A 400-meter runway extension opens in May 2014, allowing long-haul wide-body aircraft to operate with fuller payloads.

Operator
West Midlands Metropolitan County Council1974 – 1986Council abolished in 1986; ownership passed to a consortium of successor district councils.
Consortium of West Midlands councils and private investors1986 – presentSeven West Midlands local authorities have held roughly half the airport's shares since a 1997 part-privatization, alongside private investors; Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan was a long-time investor before selling its UK airport stakes to Macquarie in 2025.

Wikipedia and Birmingham Airport's own corporate history page. The Ontario Teachers'-to-Macquarie stake sale is a 2025 transaction and current shareholder percentages should be treated as subject to change.