Jersey Airport

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Jersey Airport

IATA: JER - ICAO: EGJJ
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Jersey Airport
Serves		Jersey
Elevation AMSL		277 ft (84 m)
Coordinates		49°12′29″N, 2°11′44″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	5,597	1,706	Asphalt

Jersey Airport (IATA: JER, ICAO: EGJJ) is located in the parish of Saint Peter on the island of Jersey, one of the British Crown dependencies in the Channel Islands.

1 History
2 Terminal
3 Airlines and destinations
4 General Aviation
5 External links

[edit] History

Air service to Jersey before 1937 consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes landing on the beach at St. Aubin's Bay. Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways were among those who operated to the island before the war, but conditions were difficult as timetables were governed by tides. It was also difficult to prevent members of the public from walking across the landing area, and any aircraft which had mechanical problems had to be dragged up the slipways until the tide receded.

The States of Jersey decided to build an airport which opened in 1937 with four grass runways, the longest of 2940 feet (896 metres) with a concrete centreline. Concrete taxiways were added during the World War II occupation by the Luftwaffe — they also built hangars, one of which is still in existence. A 4,200 feet (1,280 metre) tarmac runway was opened in 1952 and the grass strips were closed. A feature of the airport in the 1950s was the traffic control system — traffic-lights were in place to prevent vehicles using the road from Les Quennevais to the Airport when planes were being moved to or from the hangar used by B.E.A.

The runway was lengthened several times over the years, reaching its current length in 1976.

Approximately 80,000 aircraft movement annually and 1.5 million passenger movements take place at the airport.[1]

[edit] Terminal

The 1937 terminal was designed with the control tower between the arrivals and departures areas. The terminal was extended in 1976 and again in 1997.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aer Lingus (Dublin)
Aer Arann (Cork)
Air Southwest (Plymouth, Bristol)
Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey)
Blue Islands (Alderney, Bournemouth, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Saint-Brieuc Armor)
bmi (London-Heathrow)
- bmibaby (Birmingham [Starts 24 May 2007], Cardiff, Manchester, East Midlands)
British Airways (London-Gatwick)
Flybe (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Southend [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton)
flyglobespan (Durham Tees Valley [Starts 30 June 2007])
SATA International (Funchal, Geneva, Zurich)
Thomsonfly (Cardiff [Starts 2 May 2007], Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield, London-Luton [Starts 5 May 2007])
Twin Jet (Cherbourg, Paris-Orly)
VLM Airlines (London-City)

Some airlines offer service between other destinations and Jersey with an intermediate stop at Guernsey.

Blue Islands have made Jersey Airport their operational base as of November 2005.

[edit] General Aviation

Apart from scheduled airline services, Jersey Airport accommodates a thriving general aviation use, including the Jersey Aero Club. It is also home to the Jersey InternationalAir Display in September each year.