# Plymouth City Airport, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

**Plymouth City Airport** was an airport in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1931. It closed in 2011. It had 2 runways; the longest was 1,161 m (3,809 ft). In 2011 it handled 29 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1214

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1931
- Closed: 2011
- Elevation: 145 m / 476 ft
- Coordinates: 50.4243, -4.1094
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,161 m / 3,809 ft
- Passengers: 28,834 (2011)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.plymouthairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_City_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432379
- Weather station: EGHD
- Ident: GB-1214

## Timeline

- 1931: Plymouth City Airport opens.
- 2011: Plymouth City Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,161 m / 3,809 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | yes |
| 06/24 | 805 m / 2,641 ft | 26 m / 85 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 151,874 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 171,908 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 75,707 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 69,928 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 105,968 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 124,562 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 76,568 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 78,156 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 98,918 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 115,254 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 96,498 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 28,834 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- BC [Brymon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brymon-airways)

Former hub of [Air Southwest](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-southwest).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 133.550 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.150 |

## Nearby airports

- [EXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egte.md) Exeter International Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [NQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghq.md) Cornwall Airport Newquay · 63 km / 39 mi
- [EGDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdc.md) Royal Marines Base Chivenor · 74 km / 46 mi
- [EGDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdr.md) RNAS Culdrose · 90 km / 56 mi
- [EGSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egdx.md) MOD St Athan · 119 km / 74 mi
- [CWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md) Cardiff International Airport · 121 km / 75 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #62

## Sources

- [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/gb-1214/data