Antwerp International Airport

Antwerp International Airport
Internationale Luchthaven Antwerpen
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-70
IATA: ANR – ICAO: EBAW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Flemish Region
Operator Flemish department of Mobility and Public Works
Serves Antwerp, Belgium
Elevation AMSL 39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates 51°11′22″N 004°27′37″E / 51.18944°N 4.46028°E / 51.18944; 4.46028Coordinates: 51°11′22″N 004°27′37″E / 51.18944°N 4.46028°E / 51.18944; 4.46028
Website antwerp-airport.be
Map
ANR

Location of Antwerp International Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,510 4,954 Asphalt
11/29 600 1,969 Grass
Sources: Belgian AIP[1]

Antwerp International Airport (IATA: ANR, ICAO: EBAW) is a small international airport serving Antwerp, the second most populous city of Belgium. Located 2.9 nautical miles (5.4 km; 3.3 mi) south of the city,[1] 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.[2][3] The scheduled routes to London-City and Manchester accounted for 63% of the passenger traffic in 2011.[4]

Antwerp Airport was home to VLM Airlines from end 2014, since independency from CityJet. VLM was offering flights from Antwerp to Hamburg and Friedrichshafen and was flying in behalf of CityJet on the route Antwerp - London City. However the airline declared bankruptcy on 22 June 2016 due to cancellations of ACMI contracts by People's Viennaline. Due to VLM's demise, their ACMI customer CityJet handed over the operations of VLM's former service from London City Airport to Antwerp to Danish Air Transport. The Antwerp to Hamburg service was taken over by Chalair Aviation.

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 1,500 m (4,900 ft), 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

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Antwerp International Airport:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
CityJet
operated by Danish Air Transport 		London-City
TUIfly Belgium Alicante, Barcelona, Málaga, Murcia, Nador, Rome-Fiumicino
Seasonal: Ibiza, Split, Palma de Mallorca

The nearest major international airport is Brussels Airport approximately 40 km (25 mi) to the south.

Statistics

Year Passenger volume Change over previous year Aircraft operations Change over previous year Cargo (tonnes) Change over previous year
2015 221,153 Increase82.23% 45,299 Increase3.58% 3,442 Increase1.59%
2014 121,357 Decrease12.90% 43,732 Increase0.78% 3,388 Decrease5.10%
2013 137,015 Decrease2.25% 43,390 Decrease7.91% 3,570 Decrease18.23%
2012 140,139 Decrease16.94% 46,962 Decrease11.52% 4,286 Increase1.27%
2011 166,078 Increase1.97% 52,701 Increase1.91% 4,232 Increase0.45%
2010 162,840 Decrease3.98% 51,703 Decrease15.30% 4,213 Decrease8.61%
2009 169,446 Decrease4.34% 60,266 Increase7.21% 4,592 Decrease19.12%
2008 176,971 Increase1.20% 56,072 Increase8.33% 5,562 Increase4.60%
2007 174,858 Increase16.74% 51,589 Decrease6.44% 5,312 Decrease24.93%
2006 147,849 Increase3.52% 55,023 Increase0.28% 6,825 Increase37.26%
2005 142,737 Decrease6.73% 54,871 Decrease5.77% 4,664 Increase8.56%
2004 152,682 Decrease9.72% 58,132 Decrease9.61% 4,281 Decrease13.55%

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

  1. 1 2 AIP for EBAW – Antwerp International Airport from Belgocontrol
  2. ↑ bbc.co.uk – BMI Regional to scrap five routes 31 October 2013
  3. ↑ "Bmi stopt vluchten van Antwerpen naar Manchester". De Morgen. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Baisse du nombre de passagers à l'aéroport d'Anvers en 2010". Sud Presse. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. ↑ antwerp-airport.be - Destinations retrieved May 2016

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