Newquay Cornwall International Airport, NQY

Newquay Cornwall International Airport – Newquay, England, United Kingdom

Newquay Cornwall International Airport (IATA: NQY, ICAO: EGDG) is a commercial airport located a few kilometers northeast of Newquay in England, UK .It shares a runway with RAF St. Mawgan. It is the main airport serving Cornwall, a very popular tourist area of England. The airport is located close to attractions such as The Eden Project, National Maritime Museum and the Tate St Ives.

As the airport is situated close to many surfing beaches (Newquay has been called the 'surf capital' of Europe), many of the championship contenders fly through, as it is one of the only commercial links into Cornwall.

The airport is constantly growing, including a new extension that has increased the terminal size by 20%. This means the airport can handle as many as 450,000 passengers a year. However, the airport is continuing to grow, due to popularity and increased sales, the airport is known to be one of the fastest growing regional airports in the UK.

In 2006 the airport introduced a £5 per passenger airport development fee, payable by all departing passengers via an ATM type machine prior to passing security. This resulted in Monarch dropping its only route from the airport (Málaga) and Ryanair reducing the amount of flights from 2 to 1 per day.

Airlines

Air Southwest (Bristol, Cardiff, Cork [Starts 4th May], Dublin, Leeds/Bradford, London Gatwick, Manchester)
bmibaby (Manchester) [starts 25th March 2007]
British Airways (London Gatwick)
flybe (Edinburgh [starts March 2007] Belfast City [starts May 2007])
Isles of Scilly Skybus (St. Mary's)

Summary

Airport Code : NQY
Airport Name : Newquay Cornwall Airport
Runway Length : 8984 ft.
Runway Elevation : 390 ft.

City : Newquay
Country : United Kingdom
Country Abbrev. : GB
Airport Guide : Unavailable
World Area Code : 493
GMT Offset : +0.0
Ryanair (London Stansted)