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IATA | CWL | ICAO | EGFF
Location of airport in the Vale of Glamorgan | Airport type | Public | Owner | TBI plc | Operator | Cardiff Airport Ltd. | Serves | Cardiff South Wales Mid Wales West Wales | Location | Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan | Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) | Statistics | 2009 | Total movements | 27003 | Passengers | 1631236 |
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Cardiff Airport ( ) is an international airport serving Cardiff, and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Around 1.6 million passengers passed through the airport in 2009.
It is located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, 12 mi (19.3 km) west of the city centre of Cardiff, the country's largest city and capital.
Cardiff Airport is owned by TBI plc. It is the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled flights; is served by scheduled, low-fare, business and charter carriers; and also supports corporate and general aviation. The majority of international flights are to Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands. There are also transatlantic charter flights to the USA and the Caribbean.
The airport is a hub for Bmibaby, which is the largest scheduled airline at the airport, with Flybe, Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines all having a large presence at Cardiff. Flybe have expressed their intentions to become the largest airline at the airport by 2011 focusing on the business and short leisure break sectors.
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Airlines |
Destinations |
Aer Lingus Regional operated by Aer Arann | Dublin |
Air Malta | Seasonal: Malta |
Air Southwest | Newquay [begins 4 January] |
Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air | Seasonal: Innsbruck [begins 21 December] |
BH Air | Seasonal: Bourgas |
Bmibaby | Alicante, Edinburgh, Faro, Jersey, Málaga, Munich Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 2 January], Belfast-International [ends 31 December], Geneva, Ibiza [begins 28 May], Minorca, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca |
Eastern Airways | Aberdeen [begins 3 January], Newcastle upon Tyne |
Eastern Airways operated by Air Southwest | Newcastle upon Tyne [begins 4 January] |
Flybe | Belfast-City, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Jersey |
Helvetic Airways | Zürich [begins 30 March] |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam |
Manx2 | Anglesey |
Onur Air | Seasonal: Dalaman |
Small Planet Airlines | Seasonal: Dubrovnik [begins 11 July], Naples [begins 1 October], Verona [begins 3 July] |
Thomas Cook Airlines | Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Monastir [ends 2 January], Tenerife-South Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Enfidha [begins 1 May], Heraklion, Ibiza, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Minorca, Izmir [begins summer 2011], Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Rhodes, Zakynthos |
Thomson Airways | Alicante, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Málaga, Monastir [ends 27 April], Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum, Bourgas, Bridgetown, Chambery, Corfu, Dalaman, Enfidha [begins 4 May], Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, La Romana, Larnaca, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Reus, Rhodes, Zakynthos
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20 Busiest Current Routes out of Cardiff Airport (2009)
Rank |
Airport |
Passengers handled |
2008-2009 Change |
Airlines that serve(d) |
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1 |
UK - Edinburgh Airport |
161,001 |
(-)1% |
Bmibaby, Flybe |
2 |
NL - Amsterdam Airport |
135,259 |
(-)30% |
KLM |
3 |
ES - Malaga Airport |
115,664 |
(-)17% |
Bmibaby, Thomson Airways |
4 |
ES - Palma Airport |
110,339 |
(-)34% |
Bmibaby, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
5 |
ES - Alicante Airport |
108,891 |
(-)27% |
Bmibaby, Thomson Airways |
6 |
IRE - Dublin Airport |
64,716 |
(-)11% |
Aer Arann |
7 |
PT - Faro Airport |
61,625 |
(-)18% |
Bmibaby, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
8 |
ES - Tenerife South Airport |
61,536 |
(-)3% |
Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
9 |
UK - Glasgow International Airport |
56,429 |
(-)33% |
Bmibaby, Flybe |
10 |
TR - Dalaman Airport |
52,587 |
(-)9% |
Onur Air, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
11 |
UK - Belfast International Airport |
49,806 |
(-)5% |
Bmibaby |
12 |
ES - Lanzarote Airport |
40,362 |
(+)2% |
Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
13 |
FR - Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport |
39,807 |
(-)18% |
Flybe |
14 |
ES - Ibiza Airport |
37,290 |
(-)20% |
Thomson Airways |
15 |
UK - Belfast City Airport |
32,754 |
(-)19% |
Flybe |
16 |
ES - Las Palmas Airport |
30,878 |
(-)27% |
Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
17 |
UK - Newcastle Airport |
30,436 |
(-)3% |
Eastern Airways, Flybe |
18 |
TR - Milas-Bodrum Airport |
27,097 |
(-)5% |
Onur Air, Saga Airlines, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
19 |
ES - Mahón Airport |
25,956 |
(+)66% |
Bmibaby, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
20 |
CY - Paphos Airport |
25,944 |
(-)39% |
Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2010/07/21/more-europe-flights-from-cardiff-airport-91466-26895616// |