# Brighton City Airport (ESH / EGKA)

**Brighton City Airport** (IATA: ESH, ICAO: EGKA) is a medium airport in Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1910. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,032 m (3,385 ft). In 2016 it handled 165 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egka

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ESH / EGKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1910
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: 50.8356, -0.2972
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,032 m / 3,385 ft
- Passengers: 165 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://flybrighton.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_City_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735756
- Weather station: EGKA · WMO 03876
- Ident: EGKA

## Timeline

- 1910: Brighton City Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,032 m / 3,385 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |
| 06/24 | 799 m / 2,621 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Grass | 064° / 244° |  |
| 13/31 | 408 m / 1,339 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Grass | 125° / 305° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | 6,512 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 4,508 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 8,026 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 5,041 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,213 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 866 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 634 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 480 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 732 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 452 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 490 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 165 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- ETV [European Executive](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/european-executive)

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 165 (2016) | =3,591 of 3,974 | #731 in Europe | #52 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,032 m / 3,385 ft | =13,257 of 29,858 | #1,393 in Europe | #121 in GB |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =5,781 in Europe | =640 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1910 | =25 of 15,079 | =18 in Europe | #4 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 123.155 |
| APP | APP | 123.155 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 130.975 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.405 |

## Nearby airports

- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [FAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglf.md) Farnborough Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [BQH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkb.md) London Biggin Hill Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [ODH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egvo.md) RAF Odiham · 63 km / 39 mi
- [EGHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghl.md) Lasham Airfield · 65 km / 40 mi
- [BBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglk.md) Blackbushe Airport · 67 km / 41 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #13

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egka/data