Galway Airport, GWY

Galway Airport – Carnamore, Ireland, near Galway (IATA: GWY, ICAO: EICM), or Aerphort na Gaillimhe in Irish, is located at Carnmore about 6.5 kilometres (4 miles) from Galway city in Ireland and is managed by Corrib Airport Limited. The airport has doubled its passenger throughput since 1998 and is now approaching 200,000 each year. It has over 22,000 traffic movements each year.

In recent years there has been an increase in the volume of private charters, Netjets being one of the more notable frequent visitors.

Galway Flying Club is located at the airport and operates extensively at the weekends. The club opererates 2 Cessna 172s (EI-MCF and EI-NFW) and 1 Cessna 152 (EI-BIB) along with many privately owned aircraft. The club provides instruction and the use of its aircraft for PPLs and student pilots.
A helicopter training school is also located nearby.

Airlines and Destinations

(As of May 2006)

Aer Arann (Bristol [Starts 25 June], Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Leeds-Bradford, London Luton, Lorient, Manchester, Newcastle [Starts 25 June])
Flybe (Belfast City, Birmingham, Southampton)
Fly U (Bordeaux [starts June 2007], Faro [Starts June], Malaga [Starts June])
United Travel (Prague)

Airport data

ICAO code: EICM
Location: lat 53'18.08N. long 008'56.35W.
Elevation: 81 ft (25 m).
Magnetic variation and annual change: annual decrease 8.5
Traffic permitted: IFR/VFR
Aerodrome category: CAT 4 scheduled flights, otherwise CAT2
Apron surface & strength: bitumen/macadam, PCN16/F/C/Y/T
Taxiway width: 27 m
Lighting: runway edge, taxiway edge, apron.
Runway 08: 1201 x 30 m
Runway 26: 1201 x 30 m
Runway 08 surface/strength: bitumen/macadam PCN 16/F/C/Y/T
Runway 26 surface/strength: bitumen/macadam PCN 16/F/C/Y/T
Approach lighting system 08/26: LIH 420 centreline with 1 crossbar
Visual approach Slope Indicator System: PAPI 3 Degree
Aerodrome beacon: Flash white every 2 s
Tower frequency: 122.5 MHz
Radio navigation and landing aids: NDB (CRN) 321 kHz - DME (CRN) CH37X
ILS: ILS/DME RWY26 (GWY) 108.500 MHz

Summary

Galway Airport (GWY/EICM)
Tel: +353 (0)91 755569,
Fax: +353 (0)91 752876,
e-mail: info@galwayairport.com or peteromara@galwayairport.com
website: http://www.galwayairport.com/