Say YES to "RX at BHX": Where it all began in 1939!!

Birmingham - Elmdon - Airport was opened by

HRH The Duchess of Kent on the 8th July 1939

The original terminal building - on the Elmdon

site - remains in use as the Control Tower and

a Business Aviation Centre

The passenger terminal remained on the Elmdon

site until 1984 when the current passenger

terminal opened

The orginal (cross) runway - 06/24 finally

closed on 31 December 2007
.
The Airport will be celebrating its

70th anniversary in 2009

Vote now to support BHX!!

The Birmingham Aviation Enthusiasts Group

"BAEG" - the Birmingham Aviation
Enthusiasts Group, which was
founded in 1999, provides an in
depth forum for movements, news
and views at Birmingham Airport
and other Midlands airfields.

The group has established close
links with the Airport company
who have in recent years hosted
the annual “BHX Airport Forum”
and organised visits to the Control
Tower and Airport Fire Station at
BHX.

“BAEG” has worked together with
both the Airport Division of the
West Midlands Police and the
Airport Company to introduce the
“Birmingham Airport Enthusiasts
Security Scheme” - BAESS - at
BHX.

Membership is open to local
aviation enthusiasts.

For further information about the
Group either speak to any BAEG
member or for up to date contact
details send an email to:
gordon_stretch@hotmail.com

The Aviation Experience and Gift Centre at Birmingham Airport

The “Aviation Experience” is located on the third (top) floor of Terminal 1 at Birmingham Airport.

An illustrated plan of the proposed Runway Extension that was prepared by the Airport Company as part of the planning consultation is now on display again in the “Aviation Experience”.

In addition to the spectator’s gallery the Gift Centre sells a wide range of items of interest to both the serious aviation enthusiast and the casual visitor including books, magazines, registers, charts, DVD/videos, aircraft models, binoculars and air band radios and scanners.