BQH

London Biggin Hill Airport

ICAO EGKB51.3308°N 0.0325°E182 m / 598 ftMedium airport
On the map

London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB) is a medium airport in London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It has one runway, 1,806 m (5,925 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1917–1980
1917
OpenedLondon Biggin Hill Airport opens.
21 SEP 1980
Disaster1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash.7 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Biggin Hill
03/21025° / 205° · LIT · SLOPE 1.0%
LENGTH1,806 m5,925 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2005–2022
676
220
326
497
644
627
1K
2K
2K
2K
3K
4K
050613141516171819202122

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,980of 3,974 · #603 Europe · #45 GBLongest runway1,806 m5,925 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,787of 29,823 · #832 Europe · #71 GBElevation182 m598 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,374of 43,341 · =2,399 Europe · =52 GBAgeOpened 19172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=136of 15,079 · =114 Europe · =19 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
APPAPP129.405
ATISATIS135.680
RDRTHAMES RDR132.700
TWRTWR134.805
GND121.630