Galway Airport

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Galway Airport (Galway Airport or Irish Aerphort na Gaillimhe; IATA: GWY, ICAO code: EICM ) was an international airport in the Irish Carnmore, about 6.5 km east of the city of Galway.

History

At the site of Galway airport was initially a small private airfield, which was created by the German businessman and former Air Force officer Ernest Steiner. In 1987, the airport was expanded by the construction of a terminal and the expansion of the airstrip at 1200 m to an international airport. A record number of passengers was achieved in 2007: On the one hand was welcomed within a year the first time the 300,000 th passenger, on the other hand, 36 754 passengers were counted in August 2007 for the first time in a month.

The airport is not served since the end of October 2011 from scheduled flights. The last airline to operate scheduled service here was Aer Arann In November 2013, the license for flight operations ran out and the Galwayer City Council decided to purchase the airport and deliver to another use.

Hardware

He had a paved runway, and runway (08 /26 ) with a length of 1220 m and a width of 30 m at a height of 25 m above sea level Airport operator was Corrib Airport Limited.