Glasgow
- Prestwick Airport
Glasgow
Prestwick Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Ghlaschu
Phreastabhaig) (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is an international
airport serving Glasgow, situated north of the town
of Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although officially
called Glasgow Prestwick Airport, because it is 46 km
(29 miles) from the city, it is often referred to as
just Prestwick Airport. The last ten years has seen
unprecedented growth in passenger traffic using the
airport driven, in the main, by the boom in no-frills
airlines, especially from Ryanair who use the airport
as a hub. In 2006, Prestwick handled nearly 2.4 million
passengers.
In
physical terms, Prestwick is Scotland's largest commercial
airfield, although in passenger traffic terms it sits
in fourth place after Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow's main
airport, Glasgow International, and Aberdeen Airport
all of which are operated by BAA. |
