Antwerp International Airport
Antwerp International Airport Internationale Luchthaven Antwerpen Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-70 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Flemish Region | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Flemish department of Mobility and Public Works | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||||||
| Website | antwerp-airport.be | ||||||||||||||
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Antwerp International Airport (IATA: ANR, ICAO: EBAW) is a small international airport serving Antwerp, the second most populous city of Belgium. It is used for some scheduled and charter flights as well as business and general aviation and served 110,320 passengers in 2012. The airport is also home to a maintenance hangar of CityJet.
History
After the first flying events at the Wilrijkse Plein, work on a proper airport for the city started in 1921, under the impulse of pioneer aviator Jan Olieslagers and others. Sabena operated passenger services from 1924 from an old railway carriage as the only passenger infrastructure. A proper airport terminal was ordered by minister Maurice Lippens and inaugurated in 1930.
The airport was home to the aircraft factory Stampe et Vertongen until its demise after WW2.
During World War II the airport was used by the Luftwaffe, and also served the nearby Erla aircraft factory. After the German retreat in 1944, it saw brief use by Allied air forces, who called it B-52 (other sources state B-70).
BMI Regional announced the termination of their route to Manchester for 29 November 2013.[1][2] The scheduled routes to London-City and Manchester accounted for 63% of the passenger traffic in 2011.[3]
Infrastructure
Facilities
The airport consists of one small passenger terminal with basic facilities including service desks and a restaurant. The apron features ten stands for smaller aircraft such as the Fokker 50. As there are no jet bridges, walk-boarding is used. Due to its short runway length only just over 1500 metres, it is not possible to operate larger aircraft than the Boeing 737 at the airport.
Operator
The airport is operated by the Department of Mobility and Public Works of the Flemish Government which made an agreement with the French engineering group Egis Group to operate it starting 2014 for a duration of 25 years.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| CityJet | London-City |
| Jetairfly | Alicante, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel , Málaga, Milan-Malpensa, Palma de Mallorca Seasonal: Ibiza[4] (begins 3 July 2015) |
| VLM Airlines | Geneva, Hamburg, Southampton |
There are additional charter operations from Abelag Aviation, Denim Air and VLM Airlines. The nearest major international airport is Brussels Airport approx. 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the south.
Traffic
| Year | Passenger volume | Change over previous year | Aircraft operations | Change over previous year | Cargo (tonnes) | Change over previous year |
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| 2014 | 121,357 |  12.90% |
43,732 |  0.78% |
3,388 | 5.10%
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| 2013 | 137,015 | 2.25% |
43,390 | 7.91% |
3,570 | 18.23%
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| 2012 | 140,139 | 16.94% |
46,962 | 11.52% |
4,286 | 1.27%
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| 2011 | 166,078 | 1.97% |
52,701 | 1.91% |
4,232 | 0.45%
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| 2010 | 162,840 | 3.98% |
51,703 | 15.30% |
4,213 | 8.61%
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| 2009 | 169,446 | 4.34% |
60,266 | 7.21% |
4,592 | 19.12%
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| 2008 | 176,971 | 1.20% |
56,072 | 8.33% |
5,562 | 4.60%
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| 2007 | 174,858 | 16.74% |
51,589 | 6.44% |
5,312 | 24.93%
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| 2006 | 147,849 | 3.52% |
55,023 | 0.28% |
6,825 | 37.26%
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| 2005 | 142,737 | 6.73% |
54,871 | 5.77% |
4,664 | 8.56%
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| 2004 | 152,682 | 9.72% |
58,132 | 9.61% |
4,281 | 13.55%
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Other uses
The airport is home to several flying schools, aircraft maintenance and repair workshops, operators of business jets, to several hangars for private aircraft, and to the Museum Stampe-Vertongen.
See also
References
- ^ bbc.co.uk – BMI Regional to scrap five routes 31 October 2013
- ^ "Bmi stopt vluchten van Antwerpen naar Manchester". De Morgen. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Baisse du nombre de passagers à l'aéroport d'Anvers en 2010". Sud Presse. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ https://www.jetairfly.com/en/destinations/spain/ibiza
