Jersey Airport
Jersey Airport
Jersey Airport (IATA: JER, ICAO:
EGJJ) is an international airport located in the parish of Saint Peter, 4 NM
(7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west northwest of Saint Helier in Jersey, in the Channel
Islands
History
Air service to Jersey before 1937
consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes landing on the beach at Saint
Aubin bay. Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways were among those who operated to
the island before the Second World War, but conditions were difficult as
timetables were governed by tides. It was also difficult to prevent members of
the public from walking across the landing area, and any aircraft which had
mechanical problems had to be dragged up the slipways until the tide receded.
The States of Jersey decided to
build an airport which opened on 10 March 1937 with four grass runways, the
longest being 2,940 ft (896 m) with a concrete centreline. Concrete taxiways
were added during the World War II occupation by the Luftwaffe – they also
built hangars, one of which, the Jersey Airlines hangar, is still in existence
although no longer used. A 4,200 ft (1,280 m) tarmac runway was opened in 1952
and the grass strips were closed. A feature of the airport in the 1950s was the
traffic control system – traffic-lights were in place to prevent vehicles using
the road from Les Quennevais to the Airport when planes were being moved to or
from the hangar used by B.E.A.
The runway was lengthened several
times over the years, reaching its current length of 5,560 ft (1,690 m) in
1976. The runway is 150 ft (46 m) wide. Additional taxiways were added several
years later to improve access to the one end of the runway. However, due to its
restricted length, in October 2007 Thomsonfly announced the removal of some
services as it introduced the larger Boeing 737-800 to its fleet. Designated 09/27 in 1952, the runway was
redesignated 08/26 in October 2014 due to a shift in the earth's magnetic
poles.
In March 2012, led by a Group
Chief Executive, the successful completion of an integration programme with
Jersey Harbours saw the creation of Ports of Jersey. A business case was passed
by the States of Jersey in early 2015 and the companies were joined on 1
October 2015.
There were approximately 47,000
aircraft movements and 1.6 million passengers at the airport during 2016
Terminal
Tower buildings
The 1937 terminal was designed
with a control tower between the arrivals and departures areas. The terminal
was extended in 1976. A new departures terminal adjoining the existing terminal
was opened in 1997. A new air traffic control tower was completed and opened in
late 2010, and all major airport operations have been transferred to these new
buildings.
Work was intended to begin late
2011 to demolish the original airport building, constructed in 1937 and which
contains large quantities of asbestos but work was never undertaken as the
building was nominated as a protected historical building. Eventually, on 17
March 2014 it was determined on grounds of aviation safety, that the old
terminal building would have to be demolished.
Jersey is part of the Common
Travel Area, which means that there are limited identity card checks before
boarding a flight to the UK or Ireland. There would be full passport check when
travelling to or from other countries.
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