# Galway Airport, Galway, Ireland

**Galway Airport** was an airport in Galway, County Galway, Ireland. It opened in 1987. It had one runway, 1,220 m (4,003 ft) long, asphalt. In 2011 it handled 66 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eicm

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Galway, County Galway, Ireland
- Opened: 1987
- Elevation: 25 m / 81 ft
- Coordinates: 53.3002, -8.9416
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,220 m / 4,003 ft
- Passengers: 65,872 (2011)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Dublin
- Website: http://www.galwayairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431344
- Weather station: EICM
- Ident: EICM

## Timeline

- 1987: Galway Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,220 m / 4,003 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 075° / 255° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | 256,131 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 246,376 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 90,018 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 266,473 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 195,804 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 154,756 | Eurostat |
| 2011 | 65,872 | Eurostat |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Nex Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nex-aviation)

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.825 |
| GND | GND | 121.825 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/einn.md) Shannon Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [NOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eikn.md) Ireland West Airport Knock · 68 km / 42 mi
- [SXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eisg.md) Sligo Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [KIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eiky.md) Kerry Airport · 130 km / 81 mi
- [ENK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egab.md) Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport · 149 km / 92 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #31

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eicm/data