Manchester Ringway
Manchester, GB.
- Code
- MAN
- Position
- 53.354, -2.275
- Runway
- 2,100 m paved
- Capacity
- About 1,100 movements a week, 12 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 1.9% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 1958 | 2134 | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org |
| other | 1962 | Terminal 1 opened October 1962 by Prince Philip; first transatlantic flight from Manchester 1963 (BOAC 707 via Prestwick); runway extended to 2,745 m in 1969. | new | en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org |
| paxPerYear | 1958 | 500000 | differs | en.wikipedia.org |