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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Vinci SA | ||||||||||
| Operator | Edinburgh Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | ||||||||||
| Opened | 19 May 1947 | ||||||||||
| Built | 1916 (as RAF Turnhouse) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 136 ft / 41 m | ||||||||||
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Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is an international airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2019, handling over 14.7 million passengers. It was also the sixth-busiest airport in the United Kingdom by total passengers in 2019. It is located 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[1] west of the city centre, just off the M8 and M9 motorways. It is owned and operated by Vinci SA (50.01% share ownership)[3] and Global Infrastructure Partners (49.99% share ownership).[4] The airport has one runway and one passenger terminal and employs about 2,500 people.
History[]
Early years[]
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"Map of Air Routes and Landing Places in Great Britain, as temporarily arranged by the Air Ministry for civilian flying", published in 1919, shows Turnhouse as a "military and civil station".
Turnhouse Aerodrome was the northernmost British air defence base in World War I used by the Royal Flying Corps. The small base opened in 1916[5] and it was used to house the 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron from 1925, which consisted of DH 9As, Westland Wapitis, Hawker Harts, and Hawker Hind light bombers. All the aircraft used a grass airstrip.
In 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and the airfield was named RAF Turnhouse and ownership was transferred to the Air Ministry.
When the Second World War broke out, RAF Fighter Command took control over the airfield and a runway of 3,900 ft (1,189 m) was paved to handle the Supermarine Spitfire. During the Battle of Britain, 3, 65, and 141 Squadrons were present at the airbase.
Post Second World War[]
When the war ended the airfield remained under military control. It was officially opened for commercial traffic on 19 May 1947. The first commercial flight to use the airport was a British European Airways service from London (Northolt) to Shetland, with Edinburgh and Aberdeen being intermediate stopping points. The aircraft was an 18-seat Douglas C47.[6]
In 1952, the runway was extended to 6000 ft to handle the Vampire FB5s operated by the resident 603 Squadron, and an aircraft arresting barrier net was installed to protect traffic on the adjacent A9 road.[citation needed] The net remained in place until the early 1970s and was used to stop one of the Ferranti Flying Unit Buccaneers which had overrun the runway. A further use was in 1970 when a Meteor TT20, operated by the RN Fleet Requirement Unit, overran the runway and ended up in the net. In 1956, a new passenger terminal was built to provide an improved commercial service; five years later it was extended.[citation needed] After the disbandment of the 603 Squadron in March 1957, the Air Ministry transferred ownership to the Ministry of Aviation in 1960 to offer improved commercial service to the airport. Flying was temporarily diverted to East Fortune, which had its runway extended to accommodate the airliners of the period.[citation needed]
BAA ownership 1971 to 2012[]
Departure gate area (2009)
Air Traffic Control tower (2010)
The British Airports Authority (BAA) took over ownership of the airport on 1 April 1971 at a time when the original terminal building was running at about eight times its design capacity. Immediate improvements to the terminal were cosmetic, such as extra seating and TV monitors for flight information, and it took two years for plans to be proposed for a completely new terminal and runway redesign. Public consultation on planning started in November 1971 and ended in February 1972. The initial stages of the redevelopment began in June 1973; they included a diversion of the River Almond. Work on the new terminal building, designed by Sir Robert Matthew, started in March 1975, and the building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 May 1977,[7] opening to the public two days later.
Although the original main runway 13/31 (which is now 12/30) served the airport well, its alignment (NW-SE) had the disadvantage of suffering from severe crosswinds, and the other two minor runways were very short and could not be readily extended, so movements were transferred to a new runway (07/25, which has since become 06/24) in an addition completely outside the original airfield boundary. This runway, completed in 1977, is 2,556 m (8,386 ft) in length, and was able to take all modern airliners including Concorde. A new terminal was built alongside the runway to cater for the additional traffic. The old terminal and hangars were converted into a cargo centre.
International service from Edinburgh began in 1962 with direct service to Dublin, but for many years international flights were charter and private only. This started to change during the late 1970s, with direct services to continental Europe (Amsterdam, 1975). By the mid-1980s direct routes included Paris, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Frankfurt and Copenhagen, but direct transatlantic flights were not yet possible as Glasgow-Prestwick was the only "designated gateway" in Scotland under the US-UK Bermuda II Agreement.[8] By the time BAA had been privatised in 1987, Edinburgh Airport handled over 1.8 million passengers each year; compared to the 681,000 passengers handled in 1971 when BAA first took control of the airport.[9]
RAF Turnhouse was operational near the passenger terminal of the airport for all of the post-war period but was finally closed in 1997.[10]
Since the original terminal upgrade in 1977, there have been major reconstructions, including extensions of the two passenger terminal aprons and a major expansion of car parking facilities, including a multi-storey car park in 2004. In 2005, a new 57-metre-tall (187 ft) air traffic control tower was completed for £10m. An extension to the terminal called the South East Pier opened in September 2006. This extension initially added six gates on a new pier to the southeast of the original building. A further four gates were added to the South East Pier at the end of 2008.
On 19 October 2011, BAA Limited announced its intention to sell the airport, following a decision by the UK's Competition Commission requiring BAA to sell either Glasgow Airport or Edinburgh Airport.[11] BAA announced on 23 April 2012 that it had sold Edinburgh Airport to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for a price of £807.2 million, equivalent to £Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". million in 2021.[12]
GIP ownership[]
In 2013, a further extension to the passenger terminal was announced, taking the terminal building up to the Edinburgh Airport tram stop. The Edinburgh Trams opening in May 2014 created the first rail connection to Edinburgh Airport. Whilst the number of passengers has increased, the number of flights decreased in 2014 due to planes operating at a higher capacity.[13] Passenger traffic at Edinburgh Airport reached a record level in 2015 with over 11.1 million passengers[14] and over 109,000 aircraft movements.[2] The terminal building is currently being expanded with an investment of £40m. A new £25m expansion project involving the construction of a new 6,000 m2 building, housing a security hall and retail areas, is also currently underway at the airport. On 23 February 2016, Ryanair announced a growth of 20% in passenger numbers, bringing the airline's annual passenger capacity at Edinburgh Airport to 2.5 million. This was coupled with the news of six new services to Ryanair's winter schedule from Edinburgh and more services on its popular European destinations. In February 2016, consultancy firm Biggar Economics announced that Edinburgh Airport contributes almost £1 billion annually to the Scottish economy.[15] As part of the expansion works, Runway 12/30 was officially withdrawn from use on 29 March 2018.
VINCI acquisition[]
On 17 April 2024, Vinci SA announced that it had reached an agreement with GIP to acquire a 50.01% shareholding of the airport for £1.27 billion, with GIP retaining 49.99%.[16][17][18][19] The transaction was concluded on 25 June 2024.[20][21]
Airlines and destinations[]
Passenger[]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and cargo flights to and from Edinburgh:[22]
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Cargo[]
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Statistics[]
Passenger numbers[]
| Year | Number of passengers[nb 1] | Number of aircraft movements[nb 2] | |
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| 1985 | 1,578,000 | 36,926 | |
| 1986 | 1,651,000 | 36,596 | |
| 1987 | 1,852,000 | 39,603 | |
| 1988 | 2,080,000 | 40,664 | |
| 1989 | 2,369,000 | 47,100 | |
| 1990 | 2,495,000 | 47,900 | |
| 1991 | 2,343,000 | 49,700 | |
| 1992 | 2,539,000 | 56,400 | |
| 1993 | 2,721,000 | 58,800 | |
| 1994 | 3,001,000 | 61,100 | |
| 1995 | 3,280,000 | 64,000 | |
| 1996 | 3,810,000 | 68,800 | |
| 1997 | 4,214,919 | 99,352 | |
| 1998 | 4,588,507 | 100,134 | |
| 1999 | 5,119,258 | 101,226 | |
| 2000 | 5,519,372 | 102,393 | |
| 2001 | 6,067,333 | 112,361 | |
| 2002 | 6,930,649 | 118,416 | |
| 2003 | 7,481,454 | 118,943 | |
| 2004 | 8,017,547 | 125,317 | |
| 2005 | 8,456,739 | 127,122 | |
| 2006 | 8,611,345 | 126,914 | |
| 2007 | 9,047,558 | 128,172 | |
| 2008 | 9,006,702 | 125,550 | |
| 2009 | 9,049,355 | 115,969 | |
| 2010 | 8,596,715 | 108,997 | |
| 2011 | 9,385,245 | 113,357 | |
| 2012 | 9,195,061 | 110,288 | |
| 2013 | 9,775,443 | 111,736 | |
| 2014 | 10,160,004 | 109,545 | |
| 2015 | 11,114,587 | 115,286 | |
| 2016 | 12,348,425 | 122,220 | |
| 2017 | 13,410,256 | 128,675 | |
| 2018 | 14,310,403 | 130,016 | |
| 2019 | 14,747,830 | 131,617 | |
| 2020 | 3,478,501 | 45,966 | |
| 2021 | 3,024,960 | 34,165 | |
| 2022 | 11,250,211 | 93,004 | |
| 2023 | 14,396,794 | 115,076 | |
| Source: CAA Statistics[23] | |||
Busiest routes[]
| Rank | Destination | Passengers | Change 2022 to 2023 |
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| 1 | Dublin | 722,767 |  26%
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| 2 | Amsterdam | 593,951 | 26%
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| 3 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 438,164 | 43%
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| 4 | Tenerife-South | 320,165 | 12%
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| 5 | Doha-Hamad | 292,141 | 102%
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| 6 | Alicante | 243,808 | 16%
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| 7 | Frankfurt | 242,721 | 26%
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| 8 | Copenhagen | 222,205 | 23%
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| 9 | Barcelona | 218,961 | 22%
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| 10 | Palma de Mallorca | 214,240 | 13%
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| Source: CAA Statistics[23] | |||
| Rank | Destination | Passengers | Change 2022 to 2023 |
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| 1 | London–Heathrow | 1,049,394 | 43%
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| 2 | London–Stansted | 599,950 | 126%
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| 3 | London–Gatwick | 459,436 | 12%
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| 4 | Belfast–International | 433,876 | 41%
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| 5 | Bristol | 422,825 | 43%
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| 6 | London–City | 342,810 | 13%
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| 7 | London–Luton | 313,448 | 27%
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| 8 | Birmingham | 214,327 | 25%
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| 9 | Belfast–City | 116,994 | 39%
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| 10 | Southampton | 89,058 | 9%
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| Source: CAA Statistics[23] | |||
Access and ground transport[]
Airlink 100 bus on Waverley Bridge
Edinburgh Gateway station interchange stop
Edinburgh Airport tram terminus
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Bus[]
Several operators provide bus services from the airport:
- Bright Bus Airport Express - provides a service from the airport to central Edinburgh.[24]
- Ember - provides a service from the airport to Dundee.[25]
- Lothian Buses - provides services from the airport and Edinburgh.[26]
- Scottish Citylink provides services from the airport to Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Stirling & West Lothian.[27]
- Stagecoach East Scotland - provides a service from the airport to Fife.[28]
- Xplore Dundee - provides a service from the airport to Dundee.[29]
Road[]
The airport lies on the A8 road, and can be reached by the M8 motorway and the M9 motorway. The airport can also be reached from the M90 motorway via the Queensferry Crossing.
Train[]
The airport has no dedicated railway station. However, it is served by the nearby Edinburgh Gateway station, which serves as an interchange with Edinburgh Trams services to the airport.[30] The tram line also connects the airport to the nearby Edinburgh Park railway station.[31]
A more expensive Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project to provide a direct heavy rail link was cancelled in 2007 due to increasing costs.[32]
Tram[]
The airport is served by Edinburgh Trams, a light rail link.
The line from the airport travels eastwards through the western suburbs and the city centre of Edinburgh before heading north onto Leith eventually terminating at Newhaven.
| Preceding station | Edinburgh Trams | Following station | ||
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| Ingliston Park & Ride towards Newhaven |
Newhaven - Edinburgh Airport | Terminus |
Accidents and incidents[]
On 20 July 1970, a Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3B (G-AXPS) operated by the Imperial Tobacco Company crashed on takeoff from Turnhouse on an empty positioning flight to Newcastle. The aircraft was a total loss and whilst the pilot was uninjured, the copilot was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. The probable cause of the crash was thought to be the application of an incorrect rudder following a simulated engine failure on take-off. The reason for this application of an incorrect rudder has not been determined.[33][34]
A De Havilland Moth Minor (G-AFOZ) crashed at Turnhouse during a low-level display on 3 May 1975. One of the two occupants died in the hospital the following day.[35]
On 27 February 2001, a Loganair Shorts 360 (G-BNMT) operating a Royal Mail flight to Belfast, crashed into the Firth of Forth shortly after taking off from Edinburgh at 1730 GMT. Both crew members were killed, but there were no passengers on board. A fatal accident inquiry later blamed a buildup of slush in the aircraft's engines before the crash. A protective covering had not been fitted to the engine intakes while the aircraft was parked at Edinburgh for several hours in heavy snow.[36][37]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NATS – AIS – Home". Ead-it.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjjw320d861o
- ↑ Kollewe, Julia (27 December 2018). "Gatwick airport: majority stake sold to French group". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "Edinburgh Airport history". Edinburgh Airport.
- ↑ "Edinburgh's Airport Opened: Direct London-Shetland Air Link". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 20 May 1947. p. 5.
- ↑ "Queen will be first to use air terminal". The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1977. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ↑ "Agreement Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Air Services" (PDF). 24 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011.
- ↑ Edinburgh Airport: A History; McCloskey, Keith; 2006.
- ↑ "Site Record for Edinburgh, RAF Turnhouse". Canmore. RCAHMS. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Heathrow: About us – Heathrow". Baa.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Heathrow. "Press Releases". Baa.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ ^ CAA: UK Annual Airport Statistics
- ↑ "Edinburgh Airport hails record year". BBC News. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ↑ "Edinburgh Airport Brings in the Bucks". Airport Parking Market. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "VINCI to acquire the majority shareholding in Edinburgh Airport". VINCI. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ "Global Infrastructure Partners Announces Sale of Stake in Edinburgh Airport and Establishment of Strategic Partnership with VINCI - Global Infrastructure Partners". www.global-infra.com. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ "VINCI Airports buys majority stake in Edinburgh Airport as part of billion-pound deal". Sky News. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/vinci-agrees-to-buy-edinburgh-airport-for-1-27-billion
- ↑ https://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/press-releases/pages/20240625-1810.htm
- ↑ https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-airport-vinci-gip-global-infrastructure-partners-security-gordon-dewar-4682293
- ↑ "Flight timetables - Edinburgh Airport". Edinburghairport.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "UK airport data | Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ↑ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-express-bus-service-from-edinburgh-airport-to-city-centre-is-fastest-and-cheapest-4466677
- ↑ https://www.ember.to/news/#new-route-within-dundee-and-more-services-to-edinburgh-and-glasgow-21-Dec-2023
- ↑ "Airport Services - Lothian Buses". Lothian Buses. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Citylink :: Connecting Scotland". Citylink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ↑ "JET 747 Edinburgh Airport Bus - Stagecoach". Stagecoachbus.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ↑ "X90 to Edinburgh Airport | Xplore Dundee". nxbus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ↑ "New Edinburgh Gateway interchange opens in capital". Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ↑ "Trains". Edinburgh Airport. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "MSPs back new airport rail link". 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "HS 125 Series 3B G-AXPS Report on the accident at Turnhouse Airport Edinburgh on 20 July 1970" (PDF). Assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3B G-AXPS Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI)". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor G-AFOZ, 03 May 1975". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ↑ Scotsman: Pilots praised as sheriff confirms snow caused crash Archived 20 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine, News.scotsman.com, 13 November 2003.
- ↑ Harro Ranter (27 February 2001). "ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 360-100 G-BNMT Granton Harbour". Aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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