Elmdon (Birmingham)
Also known as: | Birmingham Airport / Birmingham International Airport / Elmdon Aerodrome / Elmdon Airport / RAF Elmdon / RAF Station, Elmdon |
County: | West Midlands |
Current Status: | Aviation |
Date: | Opened 1 May 1939 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF (main user) / Civil (main user) / Civil (foreign) |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft flight testing / Aircraft preparation/storage / Airliner (main role) / General aviation / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Accessorize
- Airport Group Investments Ltd
- American Express
- Antler
- Best of the Best
- Bickenhill & Marston Green Parish Council
- Birmingham Central Library
- Blanc et Noir Champagne and Wine Bar
- Blue City Aviation
- Boots
- Burger King
- Caffe Nero
- Claire's Accessories
- Costa Coffee
- Dixons
- Employee Share Trust
- Estpresso
- Frankie and Benny's
- GameGrid
- Holland and Barrett
- JD Sports
- M&S Simply Food
- Menzies Aviation
- Next
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Pret A Manger
- Rolling Luggage
- Servisair
- SOHO Coffee Co.
- SPAR
- Superdry
- Swissport
- The Meriden Bar & Restaurant
- Tie Rack
- Upper Crust
- Victorian Funds Management Corporation
- Wetherspoon
- WH Smith
- World Duty Free
- World Duty Free - Collection
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Austin Motor Company Limited
- Aviance UK
Main unit(s) present:
- No 14 EFTS
- No 27 MU
- No 44 E&RFTS
- No 48 MU
- 485 Flying Group
- No 1533 BAT Flight
- AB Airlines
- Aegean Airlines
- Air 2000
- Air Anglia
- Air Canada
- Air Europe Express
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Malta
- Air Safaris
- Air Transat
- Air UK
- Airtours International Airways
- Airways International Cymru
- Alitalia
- Alpha Echo Group
- Ambassador Flying Group
- American Airlines
- Atlantic Airlines
- BA Connect
- Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
- BEA
- BH Air
- Birmingham Air Centre
- Birmingham Airport Flying Group
- Birmingham European Airways
- Birmingham Executive Airways
- bmibaby
- Brit Air
- Britannia Airways
- British Airways
- British Airways Citiexpress
- Brussels Airlines
- Brymon Airways
- Cello Aviation Ltd
- Central Air Services
- Centralwings
- City Airline
- Continental Airlines
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Cyprus Turkish Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- Dan-Air
- Derby Airways
- Derby Aviation
- Don Everall (Aviation)
- Douglas Holland Flying Group
- Duo Airways
- Eastern Airways
- easyJet
- Emirates
- Executive Air Transport
- First Choice Airways
- Fly Hellas
- Flybe
- Germanwings
- Helvetic Airways
- Highland Express Airways
- Jat Airways
- KLM Cityhopper
- Lufthansa CityLine
- Maersk Air UK
- Mahan Air
- Midfly Ltd
- Midland Aero Club
- MKB Aviation Group
- Monarch Airlines
- MyTravel Airways
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Patrick Aviation
- Ryanair
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Shirley Flying Group
- Silver City Airways
- Small Planet Airlines
- SN Brussels Airlines
- Starways
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Thirty-Two Group
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Thomson Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- Turkmenistan Airlines
- United Airlines
- US Airways
- Uzbekistan Airways
- Viking Airlines
- Warwickshire Aero Club
- Warwickshire Flying Club
- Wolverhampton Aviation
Footage of Elmdon, 1939. Courtesy of British Pathé
The King's Cup Air Race at Elmdon, 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Elmdon, 1965. Courtesy of clarkgore