ABZ

Aberdeen International Airport

ICAO EGPD57.2019°N 2.1978°W66 m / 215 ftLarge airport
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Aberdeen International Airport (IATA: ABZ, ICAO: EGPD) is a large airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1934. It has one runway, 1,953 m (6,407 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2022 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1934–1934
1934
OpenedAberdeen International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Main TerminalOffshore Helicopter ServicesCHC TerminalOffshore Helicopter Services Terminal 2Broomfield HouseNHV TerminalBristow Terminal
16/34158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH1,953 m6,407 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
3.1M
3.3M
3.4M
3.7M
3.5M
2.9M
3.1M
3.1M
2.9M
994K
1.1M
2.0M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

32 destinations · 13 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miWIC · Wick John O'Groats Airport · 149 km / 93 miKOI · Kirkwall Airport · 200 km / 124 miLSI · Sumburgh Airport · 302 km / 188 miBHD · George Best Belfast City Airport · 367 km / 228 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 378 km / 235 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 428 km / 266 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 492 km / 306 miSVG · Stavanger Airport, Sola · 497 km / 309 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 529 km / 329 miBGO · Bergen Airport, Flesland · 548 km / 341 miNWI · Norwich Airport · 550 km / 342 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 604 km / 375 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 647 km / 402 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 648 km / 403 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 686 km / 426 miEBJ · Esbjerg Airport · 687 km / 427 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 703 km / 437 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 964 km / 599 miGDN · Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · 1,324 km / 823 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 1,641 km / 1,020 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 2,107 km / 1,309 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 1,344 km / 835 miRIX · Riga International Airport · 1,573 km / 977 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,795 km / 1,115 miREU · Reus Airport · 1,801 km / 1,119 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,995 km / 1,240 miFAO · Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · 2,285 km / 1,420 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 2,289 km / 1,422 miCFU · Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · 2,525 km / 1,569 miDLM · Dalaman International Airport · 3,223 km / 2,003 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 3,433 km / 2,133 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 489 km / 304 miTFSDLMCFUAGPFAOALCREUKRKRIXGVAGDNCDGAMSEBJLGWBRSBGODUBEMALSIKOIPMINWISVGMANBFSBCNLTNBHXWICLHRABZ
Year-round21
WICWick John O'Groats AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Charter Scotland149 km93 miKOIKirkwall AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair200 km124 miLSISumburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair302 km188 miBHDGeorge Best Belfast City AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair367 km228 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet378 km235 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair428 km266 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus, Loganair492 km306 miSVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · Widerøe497 km309 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair529 km329 miBGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Widerøe548 km341 miNWINorwich AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair550 km342 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet604 km375 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways647 km402 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair648 km403 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet686 km426 miEBJEsbjerg AirportDenmark · Loganair687 km427 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM703 km437 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet964 km599 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,324 km823 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,641 km1,020 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair2,107 km1,309 mi
Most destinationsLoganair 9easyJet 7TUI Airways 5Ryanair 4Widerøe 2Air Charter Scotland 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.0M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#578of 3,974 · #153 Europe · #16 GBLongest runway1,953 m6,407 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,167of 29,823 · #774 Europe · #48 GBElevation66 m215 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,476of 43,341 · =4,248 Europe · #323 GBAgeOpened 19342026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=552of 15,079 · =312 Europe · =42 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

7 channels
APPABERDEEN APP119.055
ATISABERDEEN ATIS121.855
GNDABERDEEN GND121.705
INFOABERDEEN INFO135.175
TWRABERDEEN TWR118.100
RDRAberdeen Offshore Radar134.100
RADARAberdeen Director128.305