PIK

Glasgow Prestwick Airport

ICAO EGPK55.5015°N 4.5772°W20 m / 65 ftLarge airport
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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
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
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
1.1M
912K
610K
672K
696K
681K
639K
91K
78K
444K
111213141516171819202122

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.

Airlines

1 airline · destinations from PIK
Passenger1
FRRyanair11

Former hub of Highland Express Airways.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from PIK. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers444K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,167of 3,974 · #263 Europe · #23 GBLongest runway2,987 m9,800 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,444of 29,858 · =223 Europe · #10 GBElevation20 m65 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,456of 43,403 · =5,149 Europe · =497 GBAgeOpened 19342026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=552of 15,079 · =312 Europe · =42 GBRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=715of 29,978 · =135 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