Cardiff airport hotels

Getting to Cardiff

From the M4

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.