Guernsey Airport

Guernsey Airport is an international airport on the island of and the largest airport in the . It is located in the , a parish in Guernsey, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of St.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport on the island of Guernsey
  • Also known as: “EGJB” and “GCI”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Chapel and Blanchelande College.

Photo: Henkgron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, . It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat. He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at , the .

School
is a 2–18 mixed, , private school and sixth form in . It was established in 1902 and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.

Historic site
The is located in and . Originally called Batterie Nina, it comprised four 30.5 cm guns. The battery was constructed from November 1941 and through the first half of 1942, and was the largest battery in the , the guns having a maximum range of 51 km.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew and St Martin.

Hamlet
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Saint Andrew is located in the centre of and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list.

Village
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The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.

Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.

Guernsey Airport

Latitude
49.43442° or 49° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.60319° or 2° 36′ 12″ west
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Operator
Guernsey Airport
IATA airport code
GCI
ICAO airport code
EGJB
Open location code
8CXVC9MW+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 387157883
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296594
Wiki­data ID
Q8995
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Guernsey Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار غيرنزي”
  • Breton: “Aerborzh Gwernenez”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Guernsey”
  • Cebuano: “Guernsey Airport”
  • Chinese: “根西島機場”
  • Chinese: “根西機場”
  • Dutch: “Guernsey Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار جيرنزى”
  • Esperanto: “EGJB”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Gernezejo”
  • Esperanto: “GCI”
  • French: “aéroport de Guernesey”
  • French: “Aéroport de Guernesey”
  • French: “GCI”
  • German: “Flughafen Guernsey”
  • Indonesian: “EGJB”
  • Indonesian: “GCI”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Guernsey”
  • Japanese: “ガーンジー島空港”
  • Japanese: “ガーンジー空港”
  • Lithuanian: “Gernsio oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Guernsey”
  • Persian: “EGJB”
  • Persian: “GCI”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه گوئرنزی”
  • Piemontese: “Guernsey Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Guernsey”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Guernsey”
  • Russian: “Гернси”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Guernsey”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Guersey”
  • Swedish: “Guernsey Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи гуеҳрнзи”
  • Turkish: “Guernsey Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гернсі”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as St Saviour and St Pierre du Bois.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Guernsey Airport Fire & Rescue and Guernsey Airport - Departures.

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