Ireland West Airport
Ireland West Airport
Ireland West Airport (IATA: NOC,
ICAO: EIKN) (Irish: Aerfort Iarthar Éireann Mhuire), officially known as
Ireland West Airport Knock (Irish: Aerfort Iarthar Éireann Chnoc Mhuire), is an
airport 5.6 km (3.5 miles) south-west of Charlestown, County Mayo, Ireland. The
village of Knock is 20 km (12.5 miles) away. 750,000 passengers used the
airport in 2017, making it the fourth-busiest in Ireland (after Dublin, Cork
and Shannon) and the fifth-busiest on the island (after Belfast International
Airport).
History
The airport opened on 25 October
1985 with three Aer Lingus charter flights to Rome: the official opening was on
30 May 1986. The site, on a hill in boggy terrain, was thought by many to be
unrealistic, but the airport was built following a long and controversial
campaign by Monsignor James Horan, the story of which has even inspired a
musical. At the time of construction, the primary motivation was for pilgrims
to Knock Shrine. Despite criticisms that the site was too boggy and too foggy,
Monsignor Horan delivered an airport within five years, primarily financed by a
Government grant of £9.8 million. Monsignor Horan died shortly after the
opening of the airport, and his funeral was held at the then-named Horan
International Airport. In recent times, Monsignor Horan has been celebrated
with a bronze statue erected at the airport.
By 1988, over 100,000 passengers
had passed through. Aer Lingus commenced flights from the airport to Birmingham
in 1995. On 1 June 2003, hundreds of people gathered to view an Air Atlanta
Icelandic Boeing 747 land with 500 returning pilgrims from Lourdes.
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