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Nottingham East Midlands Airport
Nottingham East Midlands Airport (IATA airport code: EMA, ICAO airport code: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington. It lies between the cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. It is used mainly by BMI British Midland but other airlines such as Eastern Airways and easyJet run services from it. It is owned by the Manchester Airport Group.
The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned and purchsed by a consortium of local government authorities who named it East Midlands Airport to reflect the area it served. Effectively, it replaced the smaller Derby Airport at Burnaston, which soon closed and was eventually redeveloped into a Toyota factory.
In 2004 it was renamed to Nottingham East Midlands Airport because many people from outside the UK did not know precisely where the region is. The move caused some controversy, as the airport is actually in Leicestershire, and the closest city is Derby (it also has a Derby postcode and area code). Furthermore, there is already an airport named Nottingham Airport (which is really in Nottingham).
It has good access from the M1 and M42 motorways, and Midland Mainline have plans to build a railway station, East Midlands Parkway (following the same name-style as Luton Airport Parkway and Southampton Airport Parkway), near the airport.
The Kegworth air disaster occurred in 1989, when a diverted plane making an emergency landing touched down short of the runway.
Destinations
Flights to Orlando, Florida and the Dominican Republic are to be introduced in 2005.
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