Exit Junction 33 on the M4 and follow the A4232. Take the first
exit off the A4232 at Culverhouse Cross and follow signs to the
airport along the A4050 and A4226.
Getting here by taxi
Cardiff Air Taxis are available for hire 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. Advance bookings can be made for arriving and departing
passengers, by calling: 01446 710693.
For wheelchair bound passengers, Cardiff Air
Taxis have a specially adapted taxi, with hydraulic lift access,
which can comfortably accommodate 2 wheelchairs plus 6 seated
passengers.
Location
The airport is situated in Rhoose, 12 miles west of Cardiff City
Centre and 10 miles from Junction 33 on the M4.
Interesting Cardiff airport facts
Cardiff International Airport’s annualized
throughput is some 1.5 million passengers. In 2002, 71% of passengers
flew on charter services, 29% on scheduled services The top ten
most popular destinations from Cardiff International in 2002 were:
1. Palma de Mallorca
2. Amsterdam
3. Dublin
4. Alicante
5. Malaga
6. Tenerife
7. Lanzarote
8. Ibiza
9. Gran Canaria
10. Paris
Passengers travelled to 51 destinations from Cardiff International
Airport in 2002.
Approx 63% of passengers on the Cardiff
– Amsterdam service with KLM are using Schiphol to link
to world-wide destinations. Close to 125,000 passengers used the
KLM service in 2002 and it is the most popular scheduled service
from Cardiff.
In 2002, the UK’s fastest growing
low-cost airline, bmibaby, announced its decision to establish
their second UK base at Cardiff offering flights to a range of
international and domestic destinations including; Milan, Alicante,
Paris , Palma, Munich, Malaga, Jersey, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Geneva, Toulouse.
Since 1995, more than £20 million
has been invested by TBI in improving customer services resulting
in first class terminal facilities for both leisure and business
passengers. Cardiff International’s terminal facilities
are now comparable with any of the major regional airports in
the UK.
The airport’s runway is 2,354m long
and 46m wide and, on average, up to 25 aircraft can take off and
land every hour.
Cardiff International is the only airport in the South West to
offer Trans-Atlantic routes, with flights to Orlando, Florida
and Toronto, Canada operating throughout the summer season.
Due to its elevation of 220 feet, Cardiff
International Airport has the second best weather record in the
UK (after Glasgow Prestwick Airport), so travelers can depend
on the reliability of the services to and from the airport.