SOU

Southampton Airport

ICAO EGHI50.9503°N 1.3568°W13 m / 44 ftMedium airport
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Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is a medium airport in Southampton, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 1,887 m (6,191 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2022 it handled 631 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1957–1957
1957
OpenedSouthampton Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Southampton Airport
02/20019° / 199° · LIT
LENGTH1,887 m6,191 ftWIDTH36 m119 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.8M
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
1.8M
1.9M
2.1M
2.0M
1.8M
296K
263K
631K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

16 destinations · 8 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miACI · Alderney Airport · 151 km / 94 miGCI · Guernsey Airport · 190 km / 118 miJER · Jersey Airport · 203 km / 126 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 274 km / 170 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 353 km / 219 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 448 km / 278 miNCL · Newcastle International Airport · 455 km / 283 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 572 km / 355 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 584 km / 363 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,105 km / 687 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 1,410 km / 876 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 363 km / 226 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 526 km / 327 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 758 km / 471 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,307 km / 812 miFAO · Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · 1,636 km / 1,017 miFAOALCPMIBCNGVAGLABFSNCLAMSORYMANJERACIEDICDGGCISOU
Most destinationseasyJet 11Loganair 3Aurigny Air Services 2KLM 1TUI Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SOU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Southampton Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers631K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,015of 3,974 · #235 Europe · #22 GBLongest runway1,887 m6,191 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,355of 29,823 · =791 Europe · #51 GBElevation13 m44 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,578of 43,341 · =5,314 Europe · =536 GBAgeOpened 19572026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,248of 15,079 · =875 Europe · #182 GBRunways11 · 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

5 channels
APPSolent Radar120.230
ATISSouthampton Information130.880
OPSOPS130.650
TWRSouthampton Tower118.205
APPSouthampton Approach122.730