- Prestwick has operated as an airfield for almost 100 years
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport directly employs in excess of 300 people
- It supports a further 1,700 jobs through its supplier network
- More than 4,500 jobs are supported by the airport and the surrounding Prestwick aerospace cluster.
- The airport currently contributes £61.6 million to the Scottish economy.
- The airport is working towards becoming one of Europe’s first spaceports. If successful this could lead to the creation of 2,000 additional jobs and generate a further £320 million for the UK economy.
- Glasgow Prestwick is Scotland’s only rail-connected airport, with some 30% of all passengers arriving by train.
- Glasgow Prestwick has the longest commercial runway and parallel taxiway north of Manchester, plus a second runway of 1,905 metres which means all types of aircraft can be accommodated with no requirement for future extension.
- Current terminal capacity of 2.5 million passengers which is easily and cost effectively expandable to more than 10 million passengers.
- Lower environmental impact than other central belt airports – air approaches to the airport are either over sea or sparsely-populated farmland.
- No additional land is required for expansion – the airport occupies an 880-acre site with sufficient land for expansion of passenger, freight and maintenance activities.
- Please see our technical information section for useful information.
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