Guernsey Airport 1146332 223517614 2008-07-04T12:17:04Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[it:Aeroporto di Guernsey]] {{Infobox Airport | name = Guernsey Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = [[Image:Guernsey Airport logo.jpg|250px]] | image = | image-width = | caption = | IATA = GCI | ICAO = EGJB | type = Public | owner = | operator = Guernsey Airport | city-served = Guernsey | location = | 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] | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 09/27 | r1-length-f = 4,800 | r1-length-m = 1,463 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = }} [[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]] {{euro-airport-stub}} {{Guernsey-geo-stub}} [[it:Aeroporto di Guernsey]] [[pms:Guernsey Airport]] [[pl:Port lotniczy Guernsey]] [[ru:Гернси (аэропорт)]]