Humberside Airport Information
Humberside Airport is situated in North Lincolnshire, England, 11 miles (18.5 km) west of Grimsby and 17 miles (21 km) south of Kingston upon Hull, England on the A18. It is a small international airport, owned by the Manchester Airports Group, the largest UK-owned airport group, acquiring Humberside Airport in 2001.
The airport now faces strong competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 miles) and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (28 miles) which opened in 2005; both of these airports offer a substantially wider range of scheduled flights than Humberside Airport. 516,000 scheduled and charter passengers were handled during 2006, a 13% increase over 2005, putting the airport in 29th position in the UK. The first five months of 2007 saw a modest reduction in passengers handled.
Unusually, Humberside Airport does not use another UK airport as its hub, but Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, this is unique for a mainland UK airport.
The airport has a very high amount of general aviation activity, with 5 resident flying clubs and organisations, this is due to the airport having some of the lowest landing and handling fees of its kind[citation needed]. It is a major operating base for helicopters flying to North Sea gas platforms.
