FlyBe G-JEDM at Manchester awaiting take-off
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
HEW1T9File size:
19.5 MB (815.9 KB Compressed download)Releases:
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3648 x 1872 px | 30.9 x 15.8 cm | 12.2 x 6.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
23 December 2016Location:
Ringway Airport, Manchester, England, UKMore information:
Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) south west of Manchester city centre. In 2015, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers. The airport comprises three terminals, a goods terminal and is the only British airport other than London's Heathrow Airport to operate two runways over 3, 280 yd (2, 999 m) in length. Manchester Airport has flights to around 225 destinations, and the airport covers an area of 560 hectares (1, 400 acres). Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport. In the Second World War, as RAF Ringway, it was a base for the Royal Air Force. The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), a holding company owned by the Australian finance house IFM Investors and the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with Manchester City Council owning the largest stake. Ringway, after which the airport was named, is a village with a few buildings and church at the southern edge of the airport. The airport handled 23.1 million passengers in 2015, a record high and has capacity for up to 50 million passengers annually. This potential figure is limited by the airport's restriction to 61 aircraft movements per hour.[9] Future developments include the £800 million Manchester Airport City logistics, manufacturing, office and hotel space next to the airport and transport improvements such as the SEMMMS relief road and a High Speed 2 station.