Western Air Virtual & Flying ClubSouthampton Intl Airport, Southampton (EGHI)
Southampton EGHI SAM
Southampton Airport (IATA: SOU, ICAO: EGHI) is an airport in the UK, located 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north north-east of Southampton,in the Borough of Eastleigh within Hampshire, England.
The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, which also owns and operates three other UK airports, and is itself owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium, which includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and GIC Special Investments, that is led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group.
The airport handled 1,694,120 passengers during 2012, a 6.6% reduction compared with 2011, making it the 18th busiest airport in the UK. Southampton Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P690) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
Key Details
| Name | Southampton |
| ICAO | EGHI |
| IATA | SOU |
| FIR | EGTT |
| Latitude | 50.95029831 |
| Longitude | -1.35679996 |
| Elevation | 38 ft |
Additional Information
Visual Circuits
All visual circuits are conducted to the west of the airfield, unless otherwise authorised.
Circuits should be flown at a height of 1000ft QFE for fixed wing aircraft or 700ft QFE for rotary wing traffic.
Aircraft entering the visual circuit should select transponder code 7010 Mode C for ACAS purposes.
METAR
TAF
Runway Information (Airport elevation: 44ft)
| Runway | 02 | Length | 5,651ft | Width | 117ft | Elevation | 38ft | Surface | Asphalt | Heading | 19 |
| Runway | 20 | Length | 5,651ft | Width | 117ft | Elevation | 38ft | Surface | Asphalt | Heading | 199 |