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Humberside Airport
IATA: HUY – ICAO: EGNJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Manchester Airports Group
Operator		Humberside International Airport Ltd.
Serves		Eastern England, primarily Lincolnshire, East Midlands, East Yorkshire
Location		Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Elevation AMSL		121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates		53°34′28″N 000°21′03″W / 53.57444°N 0.35083°W / 53.57444; -0.35083 (Humberside Airport)Coordinates: 53°34′28″N 000°21′03″W / 53.57444°N 0.35083°W / 53.57444; -0.35083 (Humberside Airport)
Website		www.humbersideairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	2,196	7,205	Asphalt & Concrete
08/26	1,045	3,428	Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft Movements			35,060
Passengers			336,649
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Humberside Airport (IATA: HUY, ICAO: EGNJ) is situated at Kirmington in the Borough of North Lincolnshire, England, 10 NM (19 km; 12 mi)^[1] west of Grimsby and around 15 mi (24 km) from both Kingston upon Hull and Scunthorpe, on the A18. It is a small international airport, owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the largest UK-owned airport group, acquiring Humberside Airport in 1999. In 2008, MAG announced that it was conducting a review of their strategy for Humberside Airport, and all options including disposal were under consideration. In December 2008, MAG announced they intend to retain Humberside Airport for another three to five years.

The airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 mi (110 km)), Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (28 mi (45 km)) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford International Airport (74 mi (119 km)); all of these airports offer a substantially wider range of scheduled flights than Humberside Airport. 336,649 passengers were handled during 2009, a 21.3% reduction since 2008, making the airport the 31st busiest airport in the UK.^[2]

The airport has a very high amount of general aviation activity, with 5 resident flying clubs and organisations, this is due to the airport having some of the lowest landing and handling fees of its kind^{[citation needed]}. It is a major operating base for helicopters flying to North Sea gas platforms.

Humberside International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P739) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

History

The airport was previously a Royal Air Force base, RAF Kirmington, opened in 1941 during World War II, from which No. 166 Squadron RAF operated the Avro Lancaster. The site was abandoned after the war in 1945, and lay unused until 1974 when the local council re-opened the site as Kirmington Airport. When the local area was renamed Humberside following local government re-organisation in England, the name was changed to Humberside Airport. The main 03/21 runway (now 02/20 due to magnetic variation change) was extended to its current length in 1992, allowing operation of much larger aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

KLM aircraft on the apron.

Statistics

5 Busiest Current Routes out of Humberside Airport (2009)

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	2008-2009 Change	Airlines that serve(d)
1	Netherlands - Amsterdam Airport	121,094	▼14%	KLM
2	Great Britain - Aberdeen Airport	31,993	▼5%	Eastern Airways
3	Spain - Palma Airport	25,765	▲7%	Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways
4	Cyprus - Larnaca Airport	20,054	▲16%	Eurocypria Airlines
5	Greece - Heraklion Airport	12,512	▼8%	Eurocypria Airlines
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [1]

Bus service

An hourly daytime bus service runs from Grimsby and Hull to the airport from Monday to Saturday.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Humberside - EGNJ
2. ^ ^{a b} UK Airport Statistics: 2009 - annual

External links

• Humberside Airport homepage
• Humber Flying Club homepage

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