Aberdeen Airport - Definition and Overview

Aberdeen Airport is the third largest international airport in Scotland, and number 9 in the UK. Its IATA Airport Code is ABZ.

Aberdeen Airport is owned by BAA plc, the company that also owns London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow International Airport and Southampton Airport. Due to noise constraints, aircraft are not allowed to take-off or land between 22:00 and 06:00. This also applies to the numerous helicopters that use Aberdeen. Aberdeen Airport also functions as the main heliport servicing the United Kingdom's offshore oil industry. Installations serviced directly from Aberdeen stretch from the Argyll field (approx 56°N) to the Bruce field (60°N).

There is a local claim that Aberdeen is the busiest heliport in the world. Aberdeen is served by the Aberdeen public bus system.

Aberdeen Airport serves the following destinations: (details as of July 2003)

Domestic:

• London - British Airways, BMI British Midland, Easyjet
• Manchester - British Airways Citiexpress, BMI
• Birmingham - BA Citiexpress, Flybe
• Glasgow - BA Citiexpress and Loganair
• East Midlands - Eastern Airways
• Southampton - Eastern
• Luton - Easyjet
• Leeds-Bradford - Eastern
• Belfast- Eastern
• Norwich- BMI, Eastern
• Humberside- Eastern
• Teeside- Eastern
• Kirkwall - Loganair
• Sumburgh, Shetland Islands - British Airways Citiexpress, Loganair

International:

• Dublin - Ryanair
• Paris- Air France
• Amsterdam - KLM
• Bergen
• Faroe Islands