East Midlands Airport

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East Midlands Airport, (formerly RAF Castle Donington): Nottingham, Leicester, Derby (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, located at Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire. It lies between the cities of Derby, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southeast, Leicester and Nottingham, all within a 20 mi (30 km) radius of the airfield. It serves primarily as an airport for the local inhabitants of the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and South Yorkshire.

Passenger numbers peaked in 2008 at 5.6 million, but declined by 25% to 4.2 million in 2011 making it the 12th busiest airport in the UK by passenger traffic. It was the second busiest UK airport for freight traffic in 2011.

EMA has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P520) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport is owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the largest British-owned airport operator which is controlled by the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester with Manchester retaining the controlling stake.

www.eastmidlandsairport.com/emaweb.nsf/Content/AboutUs
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_Airport
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Coordinates:   52°49'44"N   1°19'54"W

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  • Now known as East Midlands Airport (Nottingham, Leicester, Derby)
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