Contact | Sitemap | Forum | Facebook | Twitter
Contact | Forum | Facebook | Twitter

Glasgow International Airport

Information & Links


UK Airports Menu:
UK Airports

Glasgow Airport Information:
Airport History
Airport Map
Arrival & Departures
Airport Scanner Frequencies
Live Trackers

Location:
Google Road Map

Travel Info:
AA Route Finder
National Rail
National Express

Satnav Postcode:
PA3 2SW

Accommodation:
Travelodge
Premier Inn
Holiday Extras Hotels

Car Parking:
Car Parking
Drop off & Pick up

Weather Forecast:
BBC UK Weather
BBC Local Weather

Photographs:
Photographs

Message Board:
Forum

Trackers:
Flight Radar 24
Plane Finder
Plane Finder Free App (Android)
Plane Finder Free App (IOS)
Track by aircraft type

Related Links:
Official Glasgow Airport Website
Facebook
Official Twitter
NATS UK Aerodromes

Runway(s) :
8,743ft (05/23)

UK Airports:
Aberdeen Airport
Belfast Airport
Belfast City Airport
Birmingham Airport
Bournemouth Airport
Bristol Airport
Cardiff Airport
City of Derry Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
East Midlands Airport
Edinburgh Airport
Exeter Airport
Glasgow Airport
Guernsey Airport
Humberside Airport
Inverness Airport
Isle of Man Airport
Jersey Airport
Kirkwall Airport
Leeds-Bradford Airport
Liverpool Airport
London City Airport
London Gatwick Airport
London Heathrow Airport
London Luton Airport
London Southend Airport
London Stansted Airport
Manchester Airport
Newcastle Airport
Newquay Airport
Norwich Airport
Prestwick Airport
Southampton Airport
Stornoway Airport
Sumburgh Airport
Teesside International Airport

UK Airlines (Links, IATA, ICAO & Callsigns):
UK Passenger Airlines
UK Cargo Airlines
UK Airlines IATA Codes
UK Airlines ICAO Codes
UK Airlines Callsigns
NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Relevant Links:
UK Airports photographs
DSLR cameras & lens
Airband Scanners
Airport Scanner Frequencies
Airshow Scanner Frequencies
Live aviation



Amazon



Uniden UBC-125XLT Handheld Scanner

Buy Airband Scanners at Amazon.



Glasgow Airport - IATA:GLA, ICAO:EGPF
Glasgow Airport Map

View Larger Map

Glasgow International Airport is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, which is 9.9 miles west of Glasgow city centre.

The airport is owned and operated by AGS Airports which also owns and operates Aberdeen and Southampton Airports.

It is the second busiest airport in Scotland, after Edinburgh Airport, and the ninth busiest airport in the United Kingdom.

Live Trackers

Arrivals/Departures & Scanner Frequencies

Arrivals

Departures


Glasgow Airport Scanner Frequencies:
Approach - 119.100
Radar - 119.100, 128.755, 125.250
Tower - 118.805
Ground - 121.705
ATIS - 129.575


History
A Royal Air Force station was established in the 1930s. In 1940 a torpedo training unit was formed and in 1943 it became a Royal Navy base called HMS Sanderling. In the 1950s, the airfield housed a large aircraft storage unit, and squadrons of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. The Royal Navy left in October 1963.

A new airport was designed by Basil Spence and built in the 1960s and completed in 1966. Prestwick Airport enjoyed a monopoly over transatlantic traffic while Glasgow Airport was only allowed to handle UK and European traffic.

BAA (British Airports Authority) took ownership of the airport in 1975. BAA was privatised in the late 1980s and it sold Prestwick Airport. This meant that the newly named Glasgow International Airport could handle international flights and transatlantic operators moved from Prestwick to Glasgow Inernational. In 1989, there was a massive redevelopment of the airport with an extended terminal building. An international departure lounge and pier was added. In 2003, built a dedicated check-in facility. In 2007, a security screening area (Skyhub) was created.

Today, the airport has three piers, West (International), Central (Domestic), and East (Low-cost, Ireland & Scottish islands). Further growth is hampered by the M8 motorway to the south, River Clyde to the north, and the town of Renfrew to the east. Glasgow International also faces stiff competition from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which has reinvented itself as a low-cost hub for budget airlines and which has a direct rail link to Central Glasgow. In October 2014, Heathrow Airport Holdings reached an agreement to sell the airport to a consortium of Ferrovial and Macquarie Group.

The Royal Air Force also has a unit based within the airport - The Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Squadron - to provide flying training to university students who plan to join the RAF.

Getting to Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport is situated around eight miles from the centre of Glasgow and can easily be reached from the M8 motorway (junction 28).The Sat Nav postcode is PA3 2SW.

The nearest rail station to the airport is Paisley Gilmour Street, which is just one mile from the terminal and easily reached by taxi or bus (services 66 and 300).

First's Glasgow Shuttle provides you with the most direct service between the airport and Glasgow city centre with links to Glasgow's two main rail stations - Central and Queen Street - and the main bus terminus, Buchanan Bus Station.

Coaches to destinations around Scotland and the UK, run by operators including National Express and Scottish CityLink, call at Buchanan Bus Station in central Glasgow.

Glasgow Airport taxis are available 24 hours a day to any destination and any distance. The taxi rank is at the front of the terminal building. Only taxis licensed by Renfrewshire Council may pick up from the rank.

Car Parking

Car Parking.
Drop off & Pick up.

Accommodation:



















Photographs



Modern Commercial Airlines Calendar


Vulcan Calendar