Facts and figures

Operating hours

• 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Passenger statistics

• Approximately 7.2 million passengers per year
• Approximately 20,000 passengers every day on average

Airlines and aircraft movements

• Airlines: Around 30
• Around 80,000 aircraft movements per year
• More than 200 flights every day on average
• Destinations: 100
• Aircraft types: Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777; Airbus A310, A330; Dash; Embraer.

Facilities

• Runways: 1 main runway
• Runway length: 2,658m long
• Number of terminals: One, plus additional T2 check-in facility

Investment

• In last ten years: Over £200 million
• Employs: 5,000 (450 are Glasgow Airport employees)
• Developments include a £10 million international pier extension, and £31 million terminal extension, offering state of the art security, more space to relax, and a wider choice of bars, shops and restaurants

Destinations

Top ten destinations (in order)

• Heathrow
• Gatwick
• Stansted
• Dubai
• Amsterdam
• Luton
• Birmingam
• Belfast (International)
• Bristol
• Tenerife

Top ten international destinations (in order)

• Dubai
• Amsterdam
• Tenerife
• Dalaman
• Alicante
• Palma de Mallorca
• Paris
• Dublin
• New York (Newark)
• Malaga

Top ten UK destinations (in order)

• Heathrow
• Gatwick
• Stansted
• Luton
• Birmingham
• Belfast (International)
• Bristol
• Southampton
• London City
• East Midlands

Top country

Spain

Top non-London domestic destination

Birmingham

Most popular long-haul destination

Dubai

Number of flights to London (average)

• Per week: up to 358
• Per day: up to 58

Opened

1966

Owner/operator

LHR Airports Limited

Managing Director

Amanda McMillan

Location

Glasgow location map (63KB PDF)

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