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Glasgow Prestwick Airport

airport in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Organization airport Q8992
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Summary

Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,068 views/month, #74 of 7,663).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport is located in South Ayrshire[3].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[7].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's instance of is recorded as Scottish public corporation[8].
  • Glasgow is named after Glasgow Prestwick Airport[9].
  • Prestwick is named after Glasgow Prestwick Airport[10].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as PIK[11].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGPK[12].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport took place at Prestwick[13].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's Commons category is recorded as Glasgow Prestwick Airport[14].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Europe/London[15].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's runway is recorded as 12/30[16].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's runway is recorded as 03/21[17].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport began on 1934[18].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.509444444444, 'lon': -4.5944444444444}[19].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.glasgowprestwick.com/[20].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Glasgow[21].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as RAF Prestwick[22].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's described by source is recorded as Secret Scotland[23].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1934[24].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+65'}[25].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 55.5094, 'lon': -4.58667}[26].
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+343260'}[27].

Why It Matters

Glasgow Prestwick Airport ranks in the top 0.97% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,068 views/month, #74 of 7,663).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . gov.scot. Retrieved . gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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