Humberside Airport Guide

Humberside Airport is at Kirmington in North Lincolnshire, about 19 km from Grimsby to the east and 19 km from Scunthorpe to the west. Hull lies across the Humber estuary to the north. The site began as RAF Kirmington in 1941, closed in 1945 and reopened for civil flying in 1974. The first scheduled commercial flight, to Amsterdam, ran in 1975.

The airport handled 150,615 passengers and 18,280 aircraft movements in 2024, both up around 10% on 2023. KLM's Amsterdam service carries most of the traffic, with 121,880 passengers in 2025. Seasonal flights run to Palma de Mallorca with TUI Airways and to Enontekio in Finnish Lapland with Enter Air. Aberdeen is a further domestic route.

Helicopter work is a large part of the business, with offshore oil and gas flights for operators including BP and Centrica Storage. Bristow runs a UK Search and Rescue base here. Other on-site facilities include Weston Aviation's fixed-base operation, the R J Mitchell aircraft maintenance academy and a 100-bedroom Hampton by Hilton hotel.