Birmingham International Airport

Airport codes

IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB

Local Time

GMT - BST = GMT+1
British Summer Time (BST) operates from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.

Address

Birmingham International Airport,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B26 3QJ

Access

The airport is located 13 km (8miles) southeast of Birmingham

Airport Overview

Birmingham Airport is an airport located 5.5 NM (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) east southeast of Birmingham city centre, at Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull within the West Midlands, England. The airport is a base for Bmibaby, Flybe, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomson Airways and BMI. The airline that operates most flights to Birmingham is Flybe, however the airline that transports most passengers at Birmingham is Ryanair.

BHX offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, North America and the Caribbean.

Contacts

Phone (0)870 733 5511
Website www.bhx.co.uk

Airport Information

The Airport Information desk is located in the Millennium Link, There is another Information desk in the Departures Lounge and British Airways operates a customer service in Terminal 2

Airlines

Aer Arann, Aer Lingus, Air France, Air Malta, Air Slovakia, BA CitiExpress, City Bird Airlines, Continental, Cyprus Airways, Czech Airlines, Eastern Airways, Emirates, First Choice Airways, Flybe, KLM, Lufthansa, Mahan Air, MyTravel Lite, Pakistan Int´l, Ryanair, SAS-Scandinavian, SNCargo, Skydays, Slovak Airlines, Swiss, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Airways

Airline Lounges

Servisair Executive Lounge

Flight information
Television
Magazines and newspapers
Telephone
Fax

The Servisair lounge at Birmingham Airport really is the most relaxing way to start your journey.

Terminals

There are 2 terminals at Birmingham International Airport

Facilities

Restrooms / Toilets

Toilets are located in all areas of both terminals

Disabled facilities / Medical Facilities

There are specially adapted toilets and lifts are located in all the levels of the terminals. Contact tel:(0)870 733 5511 for assistance with luggage and check-ins. Arrange with your airline for a wheelchair and assistance after check-in. In Terminal 1 there is a Minicom System (tel: (0)121 7678084) and there is an induction loop system.

Business facilities

Air Space provide meeting rooms for 40 to 50 people and flipcharts and overhead projectors are available. Business Booths are situated in the Departure Lounge in Terminal 1.

Baggage

Baggage trolleys are available in the main entrance and in the Baggage Reclaim hall. Luggage storage (tel:(0)121 767 7987) is available on the first floor of Terminal 1. There is also a key holding and baggage delivery service.

Shops and restaurants

There are a fantastic range of Shops and Duty Free outlets serving all your needs.

Birmingham Airport has a range of bars and restaurants to suit any budget and taste. Why not leave a little more time to come to the airport early, check-in and have a relaxing meal before your flight?

Other services

Money

ATMs and Bureaux de Change are available in both terminals. Tel:(0)121 782 1717 Travellex for information.

Religion
There are prayer rooms in both terminals.

More Services
There are medical centres in both terminals. Telephones are located throughout the airport. Fax facilities are available in the Departure Lounge. Baby change rooms are on the first floor and in the Departure Lounge.

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the largest of England's core cities, and is the second city of the United Kingdom. The City of Birmingham has a population of 1,006,500 (2006 estimate). It forms part of the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census) and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country. The city's reputation was forged as a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in England, a fact which led to Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world" or the "city of a thousand trades".[5] Although Birmingham's industrial importance has declined, it has developed into a national commercial centre, being named as the third best place in the United Kingdom to locate a business, and the 21st best in Europe by Cushman & Wakefield in 2007. It is also the fourth most visited city by foreign visitors in the UK. In 1998, Birmingham hosted the G8 summit at the International Convention Centre, the birthplace of exhibitions in 1850 and remains a popular location for conventions today. People from Birmingham are known as 'Brummies', a term derived from the city's nickname of Brum. This comes in turn from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which is derived from one of the city's earlier names, 'Bromwicham'. There is a distinctive Brummie dialect (distinct vocabulary and syntax) and accent, both of which differ from the adjacent Black Country.