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Southampton Airport

Southampton, United Kingdom

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EGHI

Elevation

44 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Southampton Airport

SOU

Location

Southampton · ENG · United Kingdom

Connectivity

33 routes · 23 destinations

Position

50.950°, -1.357° · 44 ft elev.

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Southern England's regional gateway serving Southampton and beyond.

Opened

1910

Location

Eastleigh, United Kingdom

Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is a regional airport located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, approximately 4 miles north of Southampton city centre. It serves as an important hub for air travel across southern England, connecting the region to domestic UK destinations and a range of European cities. The airport handles approximately 1–2 million passengers per year in recent times, though it previously peaked at around 2 million before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is owned and operated by AGS Airports, which also manages Aberdeen and Glasgow airports. Southampton Airport has a single runway and one terminal building. Its catchment area includes Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and the Isle of Wight. The airport underwent significant discussion and planning around runway extension proposals to attract wider route networks.

Terminals

The airport operates a single terminal building handling all passenger departures and arrivals.

Getting to & from

Southampton Airport Parkway railway station sits directly adjacent to the terminal, providing fast rail links to Southampton city centre and London Waterloo.

Airlines here

Key airlines operating at Southampton include Eastern Airways, Ryanair, and KLM, offering connections to domestic and European destinations.

Notable facts

›Southampton Airport is one of the oldest operational airports in the United Kingdom, with aviation activity dating back to 1910.
›The airport is located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, not within Southampton's city boundaries.
›AGS Airports Ltd has owned and operated the airport since 2014.
›A runway extension proposal was put forward to enable wider long-haul and larger aircraft operations.
›The airport served as a base for Flybe until the airline's collapse in March 2020.

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Route map (23 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

SOU → BESAF · DH4

SOU → EGCAF · DH4

SOU → LIGAF · DH4

SOU → LRHAF · DH4

SOU → NCEAF · E95

SOU → NTEAF · DH4

SOU → ORYAF · DH4

SOU → RNSAF · DH4

SOU → AGPBE · E95

SOU → ALCBE · E95

SOU → AMSBE · DH4 E75

SOU → BESBE · DH4

SOU → BHDBE · DH4

SOU → DUBBE · DH4 E95

SOU → EDIBE · DH4

SOU → EGCBE · DH4

SOU → FAOBE · E95

SOU → GCIBE · DH4

SOU → GLABE · DH4

SOU → JERBE · DH4 E95

SOU → LIGBE · DH4

SOU → LRHBE · DH4

SOU → MANBE · DH4

SOU → NCEBE · E95

SOU → NCLBE · DH4

SOU → NTEBE · DH4

SOU → ORYBE · DH4

SOU → PMIBE · E95

SOU → RNSBE · DH4

SOU → ACIGR · BNT

SOU → GCISI · AT7

SOU → JERSI · J32

SOU → LBAT3 · J41

Aircraft operating here

De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q23 routes Embraer 1958 routes Embraer 1751 routes Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III Trislander1 routes Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 721 routes British Aerospace Jetstream 321 routes British Aerospace Jetstream 411 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Southampton Airport is an international airport located in both Eastleigh and Southampton, Hampshire, in England. The airport is located 3.5 nautical miles north-northeast of central Southampton. The southern tip of the runway lies within the Southampton unitary authority boundary with most of the airport, including all of the buildings, within the Borough of Eastleigh.

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