EGPF
Glasgow International Airport
VFR
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Name
Glasgow International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
EGPF / GLA / EGPF
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:59 am (GMT)
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Municipality
Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Coordinates
55° 52′ 18″ N 4° 25′ 59″ W
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Elevation
26 ft (8 m MSL)
About Glasgow International Airport
Glasgow Airport, also known as Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland. It is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi) west of Glasgow city centre. In 2019, the airport handled 8.84 million passengers, an 8.4% annual decrease, making it the second-busiest in Scotland, after Edinburgh Airport, and the ninth-busiest airport in the United Kingdom.
The airport 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.
Glasgow Airport was opened in 1966 and originally flights only operated to other places in the United Kingdom and Europe. Glasgow Airport began to offer flights to other places around the world, flights which previously used Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was subsequently relegated as the city's secondary airport catering for Ryanair and freight operators.