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Bristol International Airport
is located 8 miles south of the city centre at Lulsgate in
North Somerset.
The commercial airport serves
both domestic and international routes.
The original airport, opened
in 1930, was built on farmland at Whitchurch, closer to Bristol.
During World War II Whitchurch
Airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry and had the
distinction of being the only civil airport in the UK to be
in operation during the conflict. Following the war
the Whitchurch site was considered to be too limited.
In 1956 a former RAF airfield,
Lulsgate Bottom, was purchased and the new Bristol Airport,
constructed on the Lulsgate Plateau, was opened in 1957.
Since then the regional airport
has gradually grown steadily, with a new terminal building
opened in 2000. Bristol Airport boasts a signficant
number of scheduled and chartered services and is one of Easyjet's
hub airports.
More than 4.5 million passengers
fly to over 90 destinations from Bristol Airport each year.
Controversial expansion plans, including a longer runway and
extended terminal, would increase passenger numbers to 12
million by 2030.
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