Cardiff International Airport

ICAO EGFF51.3967°N 3.3433°W67 m / 220 ftLarge airport

Cardiff International Airport (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is a large airport in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It opened in 1952. It has one runway, 2,354 m (7,723 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Abertis. In 2022 it handled 857 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952

1952

OpenedCardiff International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30117° / 297° · LIT

LENGTH2,354 m7,723 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

1.2M

1.0M

1.1M

1.0M

1.2M

1.3M

1.5M

1.6M

1.7M

219K

123K

857K

111213141516171819202122

Routes

8 destinations · 6 countries

Year-round5

DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair300 km186 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM566 km352 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling1,474 km916 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Vueling1,640 km1,019 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Ryanair2,822 km1,754 mi

Seasonal4

AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,640 km1,019 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,640 km1,019 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet5,527 km3,434 mi BGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Norse Atlantic Airways6,558 km4,075 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 5Vueling 2KLM 1WestJet 1Norse Atlantic Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CWL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Cardiff Airport” (revision of 22 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers857K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#889of 3,974 · #213 Europe · #18 GB Longest runway2,354 m7,723 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,973of 29,823 · #576 Europe · #28 GB Elevation67 m220 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,328of 43,341 · =4,218 Europe · =318 GB AgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · =774 Europe · #180 GB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

APPCardiff Radar125.855

ATISATIS132.480

TWRCardiff Tower133.105

APPCardiff Approach119.155

Area ControlCardiff Radar133.600

FIRECardiff Fire121.600