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Civil aviation ceased on the outbreak of the Second World War when the airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry. Still under government control, the airport re-opened for civil flying in July 1946. The City of Birmingham took over responsibility again in 1960. In April 1974, the newly formed West Midlands Metropolitan County Council took over the airport. The county council incorporated the seven Metropolitan areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. As international flights became available, the terminal and the runway were expanded to cater for these growing needs. However, it soon became evident that a long term solution was required. 1984 saw the opening of the Main Terminal, with a capacity for 3 million passengers. In 1986 after the West Midlands County Council was abolished, ownership of the Airport transferred to a newly formed West Midlands District Joint Airport Committee still comprising the seven district councils of the West Midlands administrative area. The Airports Act 1986 introduced legislation requiring municipal airports with a turnover in excess of ?1 million to become Public Airport Companies and on 1st April 1987, the ownership of the Airport transferred to Birmingham International Airport plc, a public limited company owned by the seven West Midlands district councils.
In 1993, government public sector borrowing restrictions meant that future development could only be funded by using private sector finance. The local authority owners therefore decided to reduce their shareholding to below 50% in order to restructure BIA into a private sector company and thereby make it possible to finance its ?260 million development programme.
Images and information placed above are from http://www.birmingham-airport-guide.co.uk/ http://www.btandm.co.uk/ourprojects/specialprojects/Airport.htm We thank them for the data!
Runway 06/244314 x 98 feet
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| Runway 06 | |
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| Surface | ASPHALT |
| True Heading | 057.0 |
| Latitude | 52.451131 52° 27' 04.07" N |
| Longitude | -1.754925 001° 45' 17.73" W |
| Elevation | 319.0 feet 97 meters |
| Slope | -0.2° |
| Landing Distance | 3363 feet 1025 meters |
| Takeoff Distance | 4314 feet 1315 meters |
| Displaced Threshold Length | 951 feet 290 meters |
| Lighting System | PAPI |
| Runway 24 | |
|---|---|
| Surface | ASPHALT |
| True Heading | 237.0 |
| Latitude | 52.457536 52° 27' 27.13" N |
| Longitude | -1.738672 001° 44' 19.22" W |
| Elevation | 311.0 feet 95 meters |
| Slope | 0.2° |
| Landing Distance | 3898 feet 1188 meters |
| Takeoff Distance | 4314 feet 1315 meters |
| Displaced Threshold Length | 416 feet 127 meters |
| Lighting System | PAPI |
| Runway 15 | |
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| Surface | ASPHALT |
| True Heading | 146.0 |
| Latitude | 52.465556 52° 27' 56.00" N |
| Longitude | -1.761111 001° 45' 40.00" W |
| Elevation | 303.0 feet 92 meters |
| Slope | 0.3° |
| Landing Distance | 7477 feet 2279 meters |
| Takeoff Distance | 8546 feet 2605 meters |
| Displaced Threshold Length | 1069 feet 326 meters |
| Lighting System | TDZL
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| Runway 33 | |
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| Surface | ASPHALT |
| True Heading | 326.0 |
| Latitude | 52.446389 52° 26' 47.00" N |
| Longitude | -1.739722 001° 44' 23.00" W |
| Elevation | 325.0 feet 99 meters |
| Slope | -0.3° |
| Landing Distance | 7559 feet 2304 meters |
| Takeoff Distance | 8546 feet 2605 meters |
| Displaced Threshold Length | 987 feet 301 meters |
| Lighting System | TDZL
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| Type | ID | Channel | Freq | Country | State |
| NDB | BHX | - | 406 | United Kingdom | - |
| Latitude | Longitude | Airport |
| 52.454547 52° 27' 16.37" N |
-1.752386 001° 45' 08.59" W |
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The Airport was opened at Elmdon, Birmingham on 8th July 1939. Owned and operated by Birmingham City Council as a municipal airport, it was designed to meet the needs of the residents and the industry of the city and its immediate surroundings.
July 1991 saw the opening of the Birmingham International Airport's second terminal - the Eurohub. A concept already developed in the United States for domestic operations, Eurohub took the 'hub and spoke' principle a stage further by solving the complications of customs and immigration control which previously demanded separate terminals. was the first terminal in the world to combine domestic and international passengers. As a result, the greatest distance passengers have to walk to, from and between flights is only 250 metres, all within a target transfer time of just 25 minutes.