Nottingham East Midlands Airport Information

Nottingham East Midlands Airport is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. It lies between the cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, all within a 30 mile radius of the airfield. The airport is owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG) which is controlled by the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester and is the largest UK-owned airport group. EMA has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. East Midlands Airport is the largest unrestricted airport in the UK, while at the same time being the second largest freight airport. This is an important point for local residents, since many freight operations take place at night, and many discussion points have been raised recently by residents who do not wish for passenger night services to increase. East Midlands Airport has established itself as a hub for low fare airlines EasyJet, Bmibaby and Ryanair, and serves a range of domestic and European short haul destinations. By 2006, annual passengers had reached 4.72 million, twelfth highest in the UK. The five-million mark was passed during April 2007 (per official statistics issued by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority).