Bournemouth Airport
Bournemouth Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Rigby Group | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bournemouth | ||||||||||
| Location | Hurn, England, UK | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
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| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 38 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°46′48″N 001°50′33″W / 50.78000°N 1.84250°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Bournemouth Airport (IATA: BOH, ICAO: EGHH) (previously known as Hurn Airport and Bournemouth International Airport) is an international airport located 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north-northeast of Bournemouth, England. The site opened as RAF Hurn in 1941, but was transferred to civil control in 1944. For a short period (between 1944 and 1946) Hurn served as London's international airport, until the opening of facilities at Heathrow. Commercial services resumed in the late 1950s, with Palmair commencing flights to Palma, Majorca in October 1958.
Subsequently, Ryanair and TUI Airways based aircraft at the airport, with scheduled flights now frequently serving Western Europe and the Mediterranean area, with charter and seasonal services serving North Africa, North America, and the Caribbean. Passenger numbers peaked in 2007 when just over one million passed through the airport. In 2019, the passenger total was around 803,000. This dropped to around 176,000 in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ryanair and TUI Airways are the primary users of the airport, which was owned and operated by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), one of the largest British airport operators until December 2017, when Regional & City Airports (RCA) acquired Bournemouth Airport for an undisclosed amount.