Glasgow Prestwick Airport

ICAO EGPK55.5015°N 4.5772°W20 m / 65 ftLarge airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is a large airport in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1934. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,987 m (9,800 ft). In 2022 it handled 444 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1934–1977

1934

OpenedGlasgow Prestwick Airport opens.

25 DEC 1954

Disaster1954 Prestwick air disaster.28 killed

17 MAR 1977

Disaster1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash.No deaths

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30121° / 301° · LIT

LENGTH2,987 m9,800 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEPaved

02/20024° / 204° · LIT

LENGTH1,906 m6,253 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

1.3M

1.1M

912K

610K

672K

696K

681K

639K

91K

78K

444K

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Routes

11 destinations · 3 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PIK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Glasgow Prestwick Airport” (revision of 10 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

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

Passengers444K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,167of 3,974 · #261 Europe · #23 GB Longest runway2,987 m9,800 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,443of 29,823 · =221 Europe · #10 GB Elevation20 m65 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,400of 43,341 · =5,138 Europe · =497 GB AgeOpened 19342026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=552of 15,079 · =312 Europe · =42 GB Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =41 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

4 channels

APPAPP120.550

ATISATIS121.125

TWRTWR118.150

RADARPrestwick Radar129.450