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Park and Go: Birmingham Airport Parking - Airport History

Please find below a brief history of Birmingham Airport, if you wish to make a booking for Airport Parking at Birmingham then please use the search form on your left. Here are some of the key dates in the History of Birmingham Airport.

1939 - Birmingham Airport opened
1939 - 1946 Airport operated by the Air Ministry during World War Two
1960 - The City of Birmingham take control of the Airport
1971 - Flights to New York commence
1984 - New terminal building opened by The Queen
1986 - Cargo terminal opened at old terminal site
1987 - Airport ownership transferred
1991 - Eurohub opened

Below you will find more information of each on the key dates in the history of Birmingham Airport from the timeline above.

1939 - On the 8th of July 1939, just before the beginning of World War Two, Birmingham International Airport opened. The first scheduled flight from the Airport used the short haul airliner the Dragon Rapide.

1939 - Later in 1939 the Air Ministry took control of Birmingham Airport due to the outbreak of World War Two. Civil flights from the Airport were suspended until 1946. During the Air Ministry's time in charge of the Airport two hard runways were constructed.

1960 - In 1960 the Air Ministry relinquished control of the Airport to the City of Birmingham.

1971 - Flights to New York commenced in 1971 but this route proved not to be popular and therefore ceased in October 1972. In the years following 1971 the Terminal building was expanded, as was the runway, to accommodate increase passenger levels.

1984 - Following an extensive public enquiry in 1979 approval was granted to build a new Terminal near the newly constructed NEC. Her Majesty The Queen opened the new Terminal building in 1984. The new terminal gave the fast growing airport an annual passenger capacity of 3 million and much better accommodated the Airport's exponential growth during this period than it predecessor.

1986 - Following the construction of the new Terminal building earlier in the decade, a new cargo facility was opened at the site of the old Terminal.

1987 - Ownership of Birmingham Airport was transferred from the City of Birmingham to the newly created entity Birmingham International Airport Plc.

1991 - Birmingham Airport opened its second Terminal, the Eurohub, in 1991. This was the first terminal in the world to combine both Domestic and International passengers.