EMA
East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is a large airport in Nottingham, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1965. It has one runway, 2,894 m (9,495 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Manchester Airports Group. In 2022 it handled 3.2 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1965–19651965
OpenedEast Midlands Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap09/27088° / 268° · LIT
LENGTH2,894 m9,495 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–20224.2M
4.1M
4.3M
4.5M
4.4M
4.7M
4.9M
4.9M
4.7M
901K
828K
3.2M
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Routes
95 destinations · 34 countriesYear-round21
DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair336 km209 miBHDGeorge Best Belfast City AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus359 km223 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair380 km236 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Jet2.com504 km313 miNOCIreland West Airport KnockIreland · Ryanair511 km318 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,259 km782 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,489 km925 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,619 km1,006 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Ryanair1,670 km1,038 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,813 km1,127 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,833 km1,139 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Jet2.com2,258 km1,403 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Jet2.com2,557 km1,589 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,840 km1,765 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,900 km1,802 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair3,001 km1,865 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair3,029 km1,882 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com3,050 km1,895 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Jet2.com3,331 km2,070 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com4,025 km2,501 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com4,062 km2,524 miSeasonal44
JERJersey AirportJersey · Jet2.com, Loganair407 km253 miLIGLimoges AirportFrance · Ryanair796 km495 miEGCBergerac Dordogne-Périgord airportFrance · Ryanair900 km559 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Jet2.com908 km564 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,001 km622 miCCFCarcassonne Salvaza AirportFrance · Ryanair1,102 km685 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,119 km695 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,127 km700 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Jet2.com1,211 km752 miGROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,253 km779 miTSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair1,262 km784 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair1,308 km813 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Jet2.com1,313 km816 miREUReus AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,313 km816 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Jet2.com1,367 km849 miPUYPula AirportCroatia · Jet2.com1,418 km881 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,485 km923 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Jet2.com1,489 km925 miMAHMenorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,502 km933 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,509 km938 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Jet2.com1,566 km973 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,579 km981 miCIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,609 km1,000 miRMURegion of Murcia International AirportSpain · Ryanair1,671 km1,038 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Jet2.com1,774 km1,102 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Jet2.com1,848 km1,148 miNBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · Jet2.com2,078 km1,291 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,184 km1,357 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair2,258 km1,403 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,286 km1,420 miPVKAktion National AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,288 km1,422 miEFLKefallinia AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,343 km1,456 miZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Jet2.com2,396 km1,489 miBOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Jet2.com2,419 km1,503 miJSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,425 km1,507 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Jet2.com2,588 km1,608 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com2,715 km1,687 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,770 km1,721 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com2,830 km1,758 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Jet2.com2,833 km1,760 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,845 km1,768 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,924 km1,817 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com2,942 km1,828 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Jet2.com3,388 km2,105 miCargo35
LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · DHL Aviation125 km78 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · DHL Aviation336 km209 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · UPS Airlines, DHL Aviation371 km231 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · UPS Airlines, DHL Aviation, FedEx Express380 km236 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · DHL Aviation453 km281 miABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · DHL Aviation489 km304 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · DHL Aviation, FedEx Express504 km313 miSNNShannon AirportIreland · DHL Aviation511 km318 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · UPS Airlines, DHL Aviation621 km386 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Atlas Air752 km467 miLEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · DHL Aviation937 km582 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · DHL Aviation958 km595 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · DHL Aviation1,049 km652 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · DHL Aviation1,082 km672 miVITVitoria AirportSpain · DHL Aviation1,111 km690 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Ethiopian Airlines1,115 km693 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · DHL Aviation1,304 km810 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · DHL Aviation1,382 km859 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · DHL Aviation1,737 km1,079 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · MNG Airlines2,587 km1,607 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia Cargo5,045 km3,135 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · DHL Aviation5,187 km3,223 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation5,439 km3,380 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · One Air, DHL Aviation5,583 km3,469 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines5,588 km3,472 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways5,604 km3,482 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · DHL Aviation5,619 km3,491 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation6,248 km3,882 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air7,038 km4,373 miTSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Central Airlines8,213 km5,103 miCTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Central Airlines8,278 km5,144 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation8,616 km5,354 miEHUEzhou Huahu International AirportChina · SF Airlines8,913 km5,538 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Atlas Air9,199 km5,716 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Ethiopian Airlines9,598 km5,964 miMost destinationsJet2.com 48Ryanair 33DHL Aviation 23UPS Airlines 4Atlas Air 3FedEx Express 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from EMA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “East Midlands Airport” (revision of 29 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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 channelsAPPAPP134.175
ATISATIS122.675
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR124.000
Fire service121.600