Humberside International Airport, HUY

Humberside Airport – East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Humberside Airport (IATA: HUY, ICAO: EGNJ) is situated in North Lincolnshire, England, 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) west of Grimsby and 15 miles (21 km) south of Kingston upon Hull, England on the A18. It is a small international airport, owned by the Manchester Airport Group who also own Manchester Airport.

The airport faces strong competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 miles) and the newly opened Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (28 miles); both of these airports offer substantially more scheduled flights than Humberside Airport. The airport has a very high amount of general aviation activity, with 5 resident flying clubs and organisations, this is due to the airport having some of the lowest landing and handling fees of its kind. It is a major operating base for helicopters flying to North Sea gas platforms.

Humberside International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P739) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

History

The airport was previously a Royal Air Force base, RAF Kirmington, opened in 1941 during World War II, from which 166 Squadron RAF operated the Lancaster Bomber. The site was abandoned after the war in 1945, and lay unused until 1974 when the local council re-opened the site as Kirmington Airport. When the local area was renamed Humberside following local government re-organisation in England, the name was changed to Humberside Airport. The main 03/21 runway was extended to its current length in 1992, allowing operation of much larger aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Eastern Airways (Aberdeen)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated by KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)

Charter destinations

A number of charter airlines operate flights from Humberside. These are primarily in the summer to destinations in Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy and Tunisia. The following airlines fly to these destinations during various time of the year.

First Choice (Summer - Bodrum, Dalaman, Faro, Larnaca, Palma, Tenerife) (Winter - Tenerife)
MyTravel Airways (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Heraklion, Larnaca, Faro, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Ibiza, Mahon, Monastir, Palma, Tenerife)
Thomas Cook (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Larnaca, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madeira, Palma, Tenerife)
Excel Airways (Palma)

Airport Code : HUY
Airport Name : Humberside International
Runway Length : 5098 ft.
Runway Elevation : 102 ft.

City : Humberside
Country : United Kingdom
Country Abbrev. : GB
Airport Guide : Humberside International Guide
World Area Code : 493
GMT Offset : +0.0

Telephone : 01652 688456
Fax : Unknown
Email : enquiries@humbersideairport.com
Website : http://www.humberside-airport.co.uk