Cardiff Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an international airport serving Cardiff, and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Around 1.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010.
It is located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, 12 mi (19 km) west of the city centre of Cardiff, the country's largest city and capital.
Cardiff Airport is owned by TBI plc. It is the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled flights; is served by scheduled, low-fare, business and charter carriers; and also supports corporate and general aviation. The majority of international flights are to Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands. There are also transatlantic charter flights to the USA and the Caribbean.
The airport is a base for Bmibaby, Manx2, Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines with Flybe being the largest carrier at Cardiff Airport.
Signature Flight Support the Worlds largest FBO are present on the north side of the airfield serving executive aircraft that visit the airport.Signature Flight Support is due to relocate to the ground floor of the White Building on the south side of the airport in summer 2010 in time for the Ryder Cup.
Dragonfly Executive Air Charter operate three Beechcraft King Air 200 series aircraft. The company office is based on the south side of the airfield.
