GIB

Gibraltar Airport

ICAO LXGB36.1517°N 5.3498°W4 m / 12 ftLarge airport
On the map

Gibraltar Airport (IATA: GIB, ICAO: LXGB) is a large airport in Gibraltar. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force. In 2025 it handled 437 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939
1939
OpenedGibraltar Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27088° / 268° · LIT
LENGTH1,829 m6,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
415K
444K
548K
571K
441K
491K
186K
263K
446K
474K
424K
437K
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Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationseasyJet 4British Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GIB. From the Wikipedia article “Gibraltar International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers437K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,180of 3,974 · #265 EuropeLongest runway1,829 m6,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,612of 29,823 · =816 EuropeElevation4 m12 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,167of 43,341 · =5,699 EuropeAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =495 EuropeRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe
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

3 channels
A/DAPP122.800
OPSGIB TALKDOWN130.400
TWRTWR131.200