Norwich International Airport
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Norwich International Airport also just Norwich Airport, is an airport about 5 km (3 miles) from the centre of the city of Norwich, Norfolk on the edge of the city's surburbs.
Along with a long history of flights to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam via KLM Cityhopper (formerly KLM uk), it offers flights to various destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe. Besides the commercial flights, charter helicopters also operate out of Norwich flying crews to North Sea gas rigs.
History
The site was first devleoped in 1939 with the foundation of RAF Horsham St Faith. During World War II Bristol Blenheim and de Havilland Mosquito bombers of the Royal Air Force operated from the site until it was taken over by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56 Fighter Group and later B-24 Liberators of the 458th Heavy Bombardment Group of the USAAF 8th Air Force. It was again used by the RAF from July 1945 until 1967. The site was subsequently purchased and the airport set up jointly owned by Norwich City Council and Norfolk County Council.The City of Norwich Aviation Museum records the history of the site from a location on the northern edge of the airport, accessed through the village of Horsham St. Faith.
Facilities
NWI has two runways, one 1,842 m (6,043 ft) long (09/27), the other 1,285 m (4,215 ft)(04/22). The latter (04/22) runway has been closed due to maintenance costs, and is now serving as the 'C' (Charlie) taxiway for large aircraft (Boeing 737 or bigger) to the (09/27) runway. It has 9 Parking stands.Airlines and Destinations
- Air Scotland (Girona)
- Air Southwest (Bristol)
- bmi (Aberdeen)
- Eastern Airways (Aberdeen)
- flybe (Alicante, Amsterdam [Starts October 29], Bordeaux, Chambery, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Faro, Geneva [Winter Only], Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Málaga, Manchester, Murcia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- KLM
- *KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
- Air Wales (Cardiff, Dublin)
- bmi Regional (Manchester)
- flybe (Aberdeen [The planned opening of the route was cancelled when flyBE used the aircraft to increase capacity to Edinburgh after Eastern cancelled their service there], Belfast City)
There have been rumours that Ryanair are considering a Norwich to Dublin however as yet nothing has come of these rumours.
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