Elmdon Airport

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Elmdon Airport was the original name of what is now Birmingham Airport, a major international airport serving Birmingham and the West Midlands in England.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elmdon Airport canonical 1
Ringway Airport 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Birmingham Elmdon Airport ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Municipal Airport ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceFromBirminghamCityCentre approximately 6 nautical miles southeast ⓘ
hasCityServed Birmingham ⓘ
hasElevation about 99 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasFunction civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
hasRunwayOrientation 15/33 ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
hasSuccessor Birmingham Airport ⓘ
hasTerminalBuilding Elmdon terminal ⓘ
hasType public airport ⓘ
historicalNameOf current Birmingham Airport site ⓘ
historicalRole original airport for Birmingham ⓘ
IATAcode BHX ⓘ
ICAOcode EGBB ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham metropolitan area ⓘ
Elmdon ⓘ
England ⓘ
Solihull ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
locatedNear A45 road ⓘ
Birmingham International railway station ⓘ
National Exhibition Centre ⓘ
opened 1939 ⓘ
openingDate 1939-07-08 ⓘ
originalNameOf Birmingham Airport ⓘ
ownedBy Birmingham City Council ⓘ
partOf Birmingham Airport complex ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Airport
postwarUse civil airport ⓘ
regionServed Midlands ⓘ
renamedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
serves Birmingham ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
terminalBuildingOpened 1939 ⓘ
terminalBuildingStatus partially preserved ⓘ
terminalBuildingStyle Art Deco ⓘ
usedAs military airfield ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
usedDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Birmingham Airport → formerName → Elmdon Airport ⓘ
BEA Flight 609 → intendedDestinationAirport → Ringway Airport ⓘ
linked to: Elmdon Airport