Cornwall Airport Newquay

ICAO EGHQ50.4406°N 4.9954°W119 m / 390 ftMedium airport

Cornwall Airport Newquay (IATA: NQY, ICAO: EGHQ) is a medium airport in Newquay, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1933. It has one runway, 2,744 m (9,003 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 245 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1933–1933

1933

OpenedCornwall Airport Newquay opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30122° / 302° · LIT

LENGTH2,744 m9,003 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

205K

166K

175K

219K

250K

370K

460K

457K

461K

68K

105K

245K

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Routes

14 destinations · 7 countries

Year-round6

DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair343 km213 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair373 km232 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair398 km247 mi IOMIsle of Man AirportIsle of Man · Loganair406 km252 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair1,397 km868 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,531 km951 mi

Seasonal9

LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet347 km216 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet373 km232 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair557 km346 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair605 km376 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair622 km386 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings830 km516 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet943 km586 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air1,041 km647 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,511 km939 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 6Loganair 4easyJet 3Eurowings 1Edelweiss Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NQY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Newquay Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

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

Passengers245K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,445of 3,974 · #314 Europe · #27 GB Longest runway2,744 m9,003 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,773of 29,823 · =281 Europe · =19 GB Elevation119 m390 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,239of 43,341 · =3,238 Europe · =145 GB AgeOpened 19332026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=521of 15,079 · =297 Europe · =38 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

7 channels

APPAPP133.400

ATISATIS127.400

DIRDIRECTOR125.550

GNDGND121.950

RADARZONE ?127.925

OPSOPS131.800

TWRTWR134.375