Humberside Airport is located at Kirmington which is 12 miles west of Grimsby in Lincolnshire.
It is a small international airport, owned by the Eastern Group of companies and North Lincolnshire Council retains a minority of shares in the Airport.
Humberside Airport is a major helicopter base with flights to the North Sea gas platforms, and Bristow Helicopters also operate a UK Search and Rescue base at the airport. There are also five resident flying clubs and organisations offering fixed wing and rotary training.
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Arrivals/Departures & Scanner Frequencies
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Humberside Airport Scanner Frequencies:
Approach - 119.130
Radar - 129.255, 119.130
Tower - 124.905, 119.130
ATIS - 124.130
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History
The Royal Air Force base, RAF Kirmington, was opened in 1941 and operated the Avro Lancaster bomber with 166 Squadron.
After the war, the airfield was unused until 1974 when it was reopened as Kirmington Airport by the local council. When the local area was renamed Humberside then the airport was renamed Humberside Airport. In 1992, the main runway was extended to 7,205ft to allow the operations of larger aircraft. Humberside Airport was sold to Eastern Group in 2012.
Humberside Airport has stiff competition from East Midlands Airport, Robin Hood Airport, and Leeds Bradford International Airport. All these other airports offer a wider range of scheduled flights than Humberside Airport.
The airport is also used to service the offshore gas storage and drilling operations for BP and Centrica Storage with over 8,000 air transport helicopter movements in 2011. On 3 January 2013 it was reported that Bond Offshore Helicopters had been awarded a contract with Perenco and would start operating flights to Perenco's platforms in the Southern North Sea. Bristow Helicopters operate a UK Search and Rescue base at Humberside from April 2015. It is also home to five resident flying clubs and organisations.
Humberside Airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 mi (110 km)), Doncaster Sheffield Airport (28 mi (45 km)) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford Airport (74 mi (119 km)); all of which have at 2021 a much wider range of scheduled passenger flights. Passengers at the airport peaked in the early to mid-2000s when the facility was used by around 500,000 per year. This fell to around 200,000 passengers in 2016.
Getting to Humberside Airport
Located off the main A18 trunk road, just three miles from Junction 5 of the M180. The airport also has excellent road connections with the main UK east-west and north-south motorway network via the M18, M62, M1 and A1 as well as the Humber Bridge. The Sat Nav postcode is
DN39 6YH.
The nearest station, Barnetby, is just three miles from the airport and offers regular services to Doncaster. For the latest timetable information from Barnetby to Doncaster as well as easy online booking, visit
www.thetrainline.com
It's quick and convenient to get to and from Humberside Airport by bus. The Stagecoach X1 'Humber Flyer' operates between Hull, Humberside Airport and Grimsby.
The approved airport partner taxi service is Cable Taxis.
Car Parking
• Car Parking.
• Drop off & Pick up.
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