AirportsBirmingham Airport is a large airport serving Birmingham, West Midlands, in England, United Kingdom. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BHX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BHX
- ICAO code
- EGBB
- City
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- State or region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 52.4539° N, 1.7480° W
- Elevation
- 100 m (327 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,052 m (10,013 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BHX means Birmingham Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EGBB. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 52.4539° N, 1.7480° W. It stands 100 metres (327 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/London, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Birmingham Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,052 metres (10,013 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 53 airports of United Kingdom on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,052 m 10,013 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands AirportNottingham, Leicestershire | EMA | 51 km |
| Manchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester | MAN | 106 km |
| London Luton AirportLuton, Luton | LTN | 114 km |
| Liverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool | LPL | 123 km |
| Bristol AirportBristol | BRS | 136 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,799 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,302 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,604 km | 7 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,423 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,621 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,945 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,544 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,039 km | 21 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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