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Facts and figures

Operating hours
  • 06:30-23:00 (weekdays)
  • 06:30-23:00 (Saturdays)
  • 07:00-23:00 (Sundays)
Passenger statistics
  • Passengers per year: 1.95 million in 2008.
  • Passenger profile: ABC1: 85% C2DE: 15%
Airlines and aircraft movements
  • Airlines and tour operators: 14
  • Commercial flight movements per year: 45,000 during 2008
  • Destinations: 49
  • Aircraft types: Boeing 737, 757, Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, Embraer 145, 135, 195, J41, ATR42, Trilander, Saab 2000, Dehavilland Twin Otter, Dornier 328, Bae Jetstream 31.
Facilities 
  • Number of runways: 1
  • Runway length: 1,723m long by 37m wide
  • Total retail space: over 700 m²
  • Check-in capacity: 27 facilities
  • Car parking spaces: short stay 1,260; long stay 1,045
  • Number of aircraft stands: 14
Investment
  • BAA has invested over £80 million since 1994
  • Economic contribution: £86.5 million a year (Geodata Institute of Southampton University 2004)
  • Employs: over 1,200 (211 are BAA Southampton employees)
  • Cargo: around 250 tonnes per year
Destinations

Top ten international destinations

  1. Paris
  2. Dublin
  3. Amsterdam
  4. Alicante
  5. Malaga
  6. Bergerac
  7. Brussels
  8. Hanover
  9. Frankfurt
  10. Palma (Majorca)

Top five UK destinations

  1. Edinburgh
  2. Glasgow
  3. Manchester
  4. Guernsey
  5. Jersey
Opened
  • Origins date back to 1910
  • Current facilities opened in 1994
Owned and operated by: BAA
 
Managing Director: Kevin Brown Southampton business map. (This link will launch a 62KB PDF file in a new window.)

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