Birmingham Airport (BHX) Information

Where is Birmingham Airport?  

Great Britain's second largest city, Birmingham, once known as the "Workshop of the World", is today a great shopping and cultural destination.

Ranked as a beta− world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Birmingham is a major business city, transport hub and centre of higher learning ("Brum", as the locals call it, boasts 6 universities).

Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB), also referred to as Brum Airport, or simply Birmingham Airport, is located in Bickenhill, 10.2 kilometres (6.3 miles) east southeast of Birmingham city centre, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom.

In 2015, Birmingham Airport served 10,187,122 passengers.

Birmingham Airport is a hub for Flybe, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways. Other airlines that fly to Birmingham Airport include Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Air Berlin, Air France, Air India, Air Transat, Austrian Airlines, BMI Regional, Brussels Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Eastern Airways, EasyJet, Emirates, Germanwings, KLM, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines.

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Your best bet for a Birmingham Airport transfer is the train. Details on all options are included in this guide.

Or, if you are headed into London, to arrive stress free, treat yourself to a private Birmingham Airport to London transfer from IHateTaxis.

Birmingham Airport services include:

• Duty free shopping
• No.1 Traveller and Aspire by Servisair Lounges (fee)
• Day before check-in, bag drop
• Boots drug store
• Multi-faith prayer room (04:00-22:00) - ground floor, behind chec-in desk 28
• Sky Side free interactive play experience - North Pier, opposite Gate 54
• Aircraft viewing area (open to public) - edge of Long Stay Car Park 1
• National Motorcycle Museum (nearby)

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