Guernsey Airport
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| name = Guernsey Airport
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| IATA = GCI
| ICAO = EGJB
| type = Public
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| operator = Guernsey Airport
| city-served = Guernsey
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| elevation-f = 336
| elevation-m = 102
| coordinates = {{Coord|49|26|06|N|02|36|07|W|type:airport_region:GB}}
| website = [http://www.guernsey-airport.gov.gg/ www.guernsey-airport.gov.gg]
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| r1-number = 09/27
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| r1-surface = Asphalt
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[[Image:GuernseyAirportOldTerminal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The old terminal of Guernsey Airport, September 2003.]]
'''Guernsey Airport''' {{Airport codes|GCI|EGJB}} is the only [[airport]] on the island of [[Guernsey]]. It is located in the [[Forest, Guernsey|Forest]], a parish in Guernsey. It was officially opened on [[5 May]] [[1939]]. However, regular air services only commenced in October [[1946]].
In [[2004]], a new terminal was built, which became operational on [[19 April]] [[2004]]. To make way for the new terminal, the old terminal had to be demolished in May [[2004]]. The new terminal should be able to handle about 1.25 million passengers per year.
In [[2000]], 884,284 passengers and 56,784 aircraft passed through the airport. 71% of the aircraft were commercial and 27% accounted for general aviation traffic.
==Runways==
Until 1960 there were four grass runways, with lengths ranging from 2040 ft to 3060 ft. In 1960, the new tarmacked runway of a length of 4800 ft was opened. It is still in use today.
==Airlines and destinations==
* [[Aurigny Air Services]] (Alderney, Bristol, Dinard, Jersey, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester)
* [[Blue Islands]] (Alderney, Bournemouth, Geneva, Isle of Man, Jersey, Paris-Beauvais [ends 9 July], Southampton, Zürich)
* [[Flybe]] (Birmingham, Dublin, Exeter, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Norwich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins 11 July], Southampton)
* [[Lufthansa]]
** [[Lufthansa Regional]] operated by [[Augsburg Airways]] & [[Contact Air]] (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich) [seasonal]
* [[VLM Airlines]] (Rotterdam) [seasonal]
''Cargo Operators''
* [[Atlantic Airlines]]
* [[Channel Island Traders]]
==See also==
*[[Transport in Guernsey]]
==External links==
* [http://www.guernsey-airport.gov.gg/ Guernsey Airport - Official website]
{{Airports in the United Kingdom}}
[[Category:Transport in Guernsey]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Guernsey]]
[[Category:Tourism in Guernsey]]
[[Category:Airports in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies]]
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