Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport
  • IATA: GLA[1]
  • ICAO: EGPF
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAGS Airports
Serves
  • Greater Glasgow
LocationPaisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Opened2 May 1966 (1966-05-02)
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates55°52′19″N 004°25′59″W / 55.87194°N 4.43306°W / 55.87194; -4.43306
Websitewww.glasgowairport.com
Map
EGPF
Location of airport in Renfrewshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,665 8,743 Grooved asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers7,355,987
Passenger change 22-23 11.4%
Aircraft movements74,563
Movements change 22-23 5.9%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[3]
Location from Glasgow Airport[4]

Glasgow Airport, also known as Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) and formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi) west of Glasgow city centre. In 2019 it handled 8.84 million passengers, an 8.4 per cent annual decrease, making it the second-busiest in Scotland, after Edinburgh Airport, and the ninth-busiest in the United Kingdom.

It is owned and operated by AGS Airports, which also owns and operates Aberdeen and Southampton airports. It was previously owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly known as BAA). Loganair are headquartered at the airport and have a maintenance hangar here. easyJet, Jet2.com and TUI Airways also use Glasgow as a hub.

It was opened in 1966 and originally flights only operated to other places in the UK and Europe. It began to offer flights to elsewhere — flights that previously used Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was subsequently relegated as the city's secondary airport catering for Ryanair and freight operators.

  1. ^ "IATA Airport Search (GLA)". International Air Transport Association. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Glasgow – EGPF". UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package. National Air Traffic Services. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Contact us". Glasgow Airport. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Our address: Glasgow Airport Limited, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA3 2SW
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