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Jersey Airport (IATA: JER, ICAO: EGJJ) is located in the parish of Saint Peter in Jersey, one of the British Crown dependencies in the Channel Islands.
History
Air service to Jersey before 1937 consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes landing on the beach at Saint Aubin's Bay. Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways were among those who operated to the island before the war, but conditions were difficult as timetables were governed by tides. It was also difficult to prevent members of the public from walking across the landing area, and any aircraft which had mechanical problems had to be dragged up the slipways until the tide receded.
The States of Jersey decided to build an airport which opened on 10 March 1937 with four grass runways, the longest of 2940 feet (896 metres) with a concrete centreline. Concrete taxiways were added during the World War II occupation by the Luftwaffe — they also built hangars, one of which is still in existence. A 4,200 feet (1,280 metre) tarmac runway was opened in 1952 and the grass strips were closed. A feature of the airport in the 1950s was the traffic control system — traffic-lights were in place to prevent vehicles using the road from Les Quennevais to the Airport when planes were being moved to or from the hangar used by B.E.A.
The runway was lengthened several times over the years, reaching its current length in 1976.
Approximately 80,000 aircraft movement annually and 1.5 million passenger movements take place at the airport.[1]
Terminal
The 1937 terminal was designed with the control tower between the arrivals and departures areas. The terminal was extended in 1976 and again in 1997.
Airlines and destinations
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- Aer Arann (Cork)
- Air Southwest (Plymouth, Bristol, Leeds Bradford (seasonal))
- Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey)
- Blue Islands (Alderney [via Guernsey], Bournemouth, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Paris-Beauvais. - Zurich and Geneva [Services to start soon] )
- bmi (London-Heathrow)
- bmibaby (Birmingham [Starts 24 May 2007], Cardiff, Manchester, East Midlands)
- British Airways (London-Gatwick)
- Flybe (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Southend [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton)
- flyglobespan (Durham Tees Valley [Starts 30 June 2007])
- SATA International (Funchal, Geneva, Zurich)
- Thomsonfly (Cardiff, Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield, London-Luton [Starts 5 May 2007])
- Twin Jet (Cherbourg, Paris-Orly)
- VLM Airlines (London-City)
Some airlines offer service between other destinations and Jersey with an intermediate stop at Guernsey.
Blue Islands have made Jersey Airport their operational base as of November 2005.
General Aviation
Apart from scheduled airline services, Jersey Airport accommodates a thriving general aviation use, including the Jersey Aero Club. It is also home to the Jersey International Air Display in September each year.