Southampton
Airport
Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is the 20th
largest airport in the UK, located in Eastleigh near
Southampton. Southampton Airport is owned and operated
by BAA, which also owns and operates six other UK airports,
including the three busiest airports serving London,
and is itself owned by an international consortium led
by the Spanish Ferrovial Group. The airport handled
1,965,686 passengers during 2007, a 2.8% increase on
the 2006 total of 1,912,979. Southampton Airport has
a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P690) that
allows flights for the public transport of passengers
or for flying instruction.
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