Cardiff International
Cardiff International airport, built in 1942 as a military airport and locally owned since 1952, was the first investment by TBI in the airport sector in 1995. Cardiff International currently exceeds 2 million passengers annually and is the only international airport in Wales.
As the gateway for connecting Wales to the World with over 60 direct routes throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Canada, often allowing you to make a round trip in one business day. The one stop services via other European capitals to over 400 connecting destinations open up rest of the world with the minimum of connecting time.
How to get there
The airport is close to Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, 19 kilometres west of Cardiff and 16 kilometers from junction 33 on the M4. By road exit junction 33 on the M4 and follow the signs to Cardiff International Airport along the A4232, A4050 and A4226. A rail link connects Rhoose Cardiff International Airport station to Cardiff Central and Bridgend. Trains run hourly Monday to Saturday and two hourly on Sundays. Cardiff bus 'Airbus Xpress' service X91 operates between Cardiff Central station and the airport hourly on Monday to Saturday daytime and every two hours on Sundays.
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Cardiff International AirportVale of Glamorgan
CF62 3BD
Tel: (+44) 01446 711 111
Email: infodesk@cwl.aero
Web: www.cwlfly.com
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Cardiff International
Cardiff continues to be one of the fastest growing regional airports based on the strength of the Welsh market and an increase in the domestic flight market. The importance of inbound traffic for both business and leisure within South Wales has also become more apparent in recent years. Cardiff has a strong schedule/low cost offer which accounts for approximately two thirds of all traffic.
Main destinations:
- Edinburgh
- Malaga
- Dublin
- Amsterdam
- Palma
- Barcelona
- Tenerife
- Alicante
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Orlando Sanford
- Paris
The main airlines that operate out of Cardiff International airport are KLM, bmibaby, flybe and Aer Arann. Tour operators Thomas Cook and TUI Travel have significant charter operations all year round.
The Dutch scheduled flight company KLM links Cardiff to Amsterdam airport, meaning that Cardiff International Airport benefits from the wide range of European and transoceanic connections at Schipol.
Cardiff International Airport is also the maintenance base for B747 British Airways aircraft, with capacity for four aircraft.
Cardiff International
Located 15 kilometres to the west of the city, the airport has a runway of 2,390 metres that can accommodate transatlantic flights. Due to its elevation of 220 feet, Cardiff International Airport has the second best weather record in the UK after Glasgow Prestwick Airport. It has a single passenger terminal, 17 aircraft stands and 4,000 surface parking spaces, cargo buildings, a fire station and fire training facility, facilities for corporate aircraft and a flight training school. A new railway station (located in the nearby village of Rhoose with a bus service from the station to the airport) links the airport to Cardiff.
The 51° Lounge is Cardiff International Airport's executive lounge, the perfect location to unwind, relax or complete that last bit of paperwork. The lounge is open to both business travellers and leisure travellers.
