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Glasgow Airport

international airport in Scotland, UK
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Summary

Glasgow Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 2,411 Wikipedia views per month (international airport category, ranking #150 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Renfrewshire[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Architect: Basil Spence[7]
  • Owned by: Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited[8], AGS Airports[9]
  • Operator: Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited[10]
  • Named after: Glasgow[11], Abbotsinch[12]
  • IATA airport code: GLA[13]
  • ICAO airport code: EGPF[14]
  • Commons category: Glasgow International Airport[15]
  • Runway: 05/23[16]
  • Start time: 1966[17]
  • Coordinate location: 55.871944444444, -4.4330555555556[18]
  • Significant event: Glasgow Airport attack[19]
  • Official website: https://www.glasgowairport.com/[20]
  • Place served by transport hub: Glasgow[21]
  • Replaces: Renfrew Airport[22], RAF Abbotsinch[23]
  • Date of official opening: June 27, 1966[24]
  • Elevation above sea level: 26[25]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 55.8719, -4.43306[26]
  • Patronage: 1,935,446[27], 1,763,295[28], 1,975,717[29], 1,780,939[30], 2,153,322[31], 2,358,236[32], 2,339,125[33], 2,279,091[34], 2,427,363[35], 2,475,611[36], 2,802,926[37], 2,749,526[38], 3,411,341[39], 3,698,607[40]

Why It Matters

Glasgow Airport has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["WeatherStation", "EGPF"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["WeatherStation", "EGPF"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54526113|EGPF (#54526113)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  3. 13w ago · Bruce89 · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Named after → Glasgow, Abbotsinch
    Instance of → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+26'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 4519551"
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