Manchester Airport

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Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2025, it was the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passengers (the busiest outside London), and the 20th-busiest airport in Europe in 2024, with 32.1 million passengers served. The airport comprises a cargo terminal and two passenger terminals – a £1.3 billion redevelopment programme will merge former Terminal 1 and current Terminal 3 in 2026. It covers an area of 560 hectares (1,400 acres) and has flights to 199 destinations, placing the airport thirteenth globally for total destinations served. Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport. During the Second World War, as RAF Ringway, it was a base for the Royal Air Force. The airport is owned and managed by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), a group owned by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester...

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