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Bournemouth International (BOH)
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| Time zone: |
GMT 0 |
| Country: |
United Kingdom (UK) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
50°46'47"N / 1°50'32"W |
| Alternative spelling: |
Bournemouth Intl |
| Service telephone: |
+44 1202 36-4000 |
Access to public transport: |
A338 towards Bournemouth, just outside the city take the B3073 (Christchurch Road). The airport is then signposted. |
| Address: |
Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 6SE, United Kingdom |
Passengers: |
0 |
| Operating Company: |
Bournemouth International Airport Limited |
Take-off and landing: |
0 |
| Parking spaces: |
Yes, liable to a fee; short and long-term parking. |
Stations: |
From Bournemouth Railway Station use the regular services of the airport shuttlebus. |
| Altitude of runway: |
12 m |
Length of runway: |
2271 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Bournemouth (8 km), Poole (13 km), Southampton (34 km), Portsmouth (53 km), Bristol (91 km), Reading (94 km)
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Operating airlines:
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Ryanair, easyJet, Easyjet Switzerland, airberlin, Wizzair, XL Airways Germany, Korean Air
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Alternative airports:
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Southampton-Eastleigh (SOU) 39 km, Bristol International Airport (BRS) 91 km, Filton (FZO) 97 km, Brighton (BSH) 109 km, Shoreham-By-Sea (ESH) 109 km, Exeter (EXT) 111 km |
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Description:
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Bournemouth International Airport, in the southern county of Dorset, is located about 8 kilometres northeast of the city centre, near the small community of Christchurch. The airport is amongst the twenty major airports in the country according to traffic volume.
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Location:
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The airport is located near the A338 towards St. Leonards. Motorists should take the A31 and in St. Leonards should turn onto the A338 towards Bournemouth; the airport is then signposted.
Those arriving by train should travel to Bournemouth Railway Station and then use the Bournemouth Airport Shuttle that runs at 30-minute intervals and takes about 15 minutes to reach the airport. Alternatively, the local public transport bus number 747 also goes to the airport at regular intervals.
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History:
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Destinations:
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8 scheduled airlines currently provide regular services from Bournemouth airport to various southerly destinations. Thomsonfly flies to Alicante, Paphos, Ibiza, Malaga and Tenerife for example; Thomas Cook goes to Bodrum Heraklion and Larnaca. There are also charter airlines: Palmair flies to Brescia, Corfu, Faro, Madeira, Malta and during the winter timetable also Torino and Salzburg; Ryanair offers flights to Bergamo, Marseille, Pisa and Girona. Western and Central European destinations are for example served by Blue Iceland going to Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey, Wizz Air to Katowice and Gdansk, Easy Jet to Geneva, Grenoble and Krakow or Air Berlin to Paderborn.
Several British tour operators such as Barth Travel, First Choice Holidays, or Newmarket also operate seasonal charter flights. In summer 2007, for example, destinations included Bergen, Bodrum and Dalaman.
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