Dublin Airport

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Dublin Airport
Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath
File:Aerfort-bac.jpg
Summary
Airport teepPublic
AwnerGovrenment o Ireland
OperatorDAA
ServesDublin, Ireland
LocationCollinstown,[1] Fingal, Ireland
Opened19 Januar 1940 (1940-01-19)[1]
Hub forAer Lingus
Focus ceety for
Elevation AMSL242  ft / 74  m
Coordinates53°25′17″N 006°16′12″W / 53.42139°N 6.27000°W / 53.42139; -6.27000Coordinates: 53°25′17″N 006°16′12″W / 53.42139°N 6.27000°W / 53.42139; -6.27000
Wabsteidwww.dublinairport.com
Map
DUB is located in Ireland
DUB
DUB
Location athin Ireland
Runways
Direction Lenth Surface
m ft
10/28 2,637 8,652 Asphalt
16/34 2,072 6,798 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers27,907,384
Passenger chynge 15–16Increase11.4%
Aircraft muivements207,517
Muivements chynge 15–16Increase8.5%

Dublin Airport, (Erse: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (IATA: DUBICAO: EIDW), is a internaitional airport servin Dublin, the caipital ceety o Ireland. It is operatit bi DAA (umwhile Dublin Airport Authority).[5] The airport is locatit 5.4 nmi (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) north[2] of Dublin in Collinstown, Fingal. In 2016, 27.9 million passengers passed throu the airport, makkin it the airport's busiest year on record.[6] It is the 16t busiest airport in Europe, an is the busiest o the state's airports bi total passenger traffec an aw. It haes the greatest traffec levels on the island o Ireland, follaeed bi Belfast Internaitional Airport, Coonty Antrim.

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  1. a b Ó Conghaile, Pól (19 Januar 2015). "Dublin Airport: Memories take flight as Ireland's gateway celebrates 75 years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
  2. a b EIDW – Dublin/International (PDF). AIP an chairts frae the Irish Aviation Authority.
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DAA Annual Report 2016
  4. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). daa plc. p. 105. Retrieved 25 Mey 2017.
  5. "daa – Home". Retrieved 2 Juin 2015.
  6. https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/detail/record-2016-for-dublin-airport-with-almost-28m-passengers

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