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BRS · Bristol, United Kingdom
--:--:-- · BST (UTC+01:00) · 51.3823° N, 2.7165° W
Bristol Airport
Airport in Bristol, England
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 2417; ident EGGD; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
bristolairport.co.uk
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceBristol Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
BRS / EGGD
OurAirports ident
EGGD
GPS / local code
EGGD
ISO region
GB-ENG
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
bristolairport.co.uk
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q8725
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:48 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--BST · UTC+01:00
Time zone
BST
Europe/London · UTC+01:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
12 km
Approximate distance to central Bristol.
Country capital
London
Languages
English
Currency
GBP (£)
Country area
244,376 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
6,598 ft / 2,011 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1957
Owner / entity
Q8725
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Bristol Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol's built-up core sits roughly 12 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/London (UTC+01:00, BST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Bristol Airport (BRS / EGGD) is at 51.3823° N, 2.7165° W, elevation 622 ft (190 m), serving Bristol, United Kingdom.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Bristol is in United Kingdom (capital London); regulated by UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA); on Europe/London (BST, UTC+01:00); working languages: English; currency: GBP (£).
Distance from central Bristol: 12 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for BRS.
Primary airport name
Bristol Airport (BRS / EGGD)
Bristol Airport · Airport in Bristol, England
Known label 1
Lulsgate Bottom
Alternate airport-name cue retained for BRS, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
EGGD · EGGD · GB-ENG
bristolairport.co.uk · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Location cue
Located at Lulsgate Bottom, on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in North Somerset, it is 8 miles southwest of Bristol city centre.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Name or history cue
Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
1. Nailsea
nailsea · 6.3 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 20,543 · city coordinates 51.4324, -2.7585
2. Bristol
bristol · 12 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 479,024 · city coordinates 51.4552, -2.5966
3. Portishead
portishead · 12 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 26,355 · city coordinates 51.4820, -2.7697
4. Clevedon
clevedon · 12 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 21,002 · city coordinates 51.4423, -2.8579
5. Keynsham
keynsham · 16 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 19,603 · city coordinates 51.4139, -2.4978
6. Kingswood
kingswood · 16 km from BRS
United Kingdom · Europe/London · +0h · population 40,734 · city coordinates 51.4528, -2.5083
1. CWL EGFF
Cardiff International Airport · Cardiff
44 km from BRS · Europe/London · +0h · elevation 220 ft (67 m) · airport coordinates 51.3967, -3.3433
2. BHX EGBB
Birmingham Airport · Birmingham, West Midlands
136 km from BRS · Europe/London · +0h · elevation 327 ft (100 m) · airport coordinates 52.4539, -1.7480
3. LHR EGLL
London Heathrow Airport · London
157 km from BRS · Europe/London · +0h · elevation 83 ft (25 m) · airport coordinates 51.4707, -0.4599
4. LTN EGGW
London Luton Airport · Luton, Luton
171 km from BRS · Europe/London · +0h · elevation 526 ft (160 m) · airport coordinates 51.8747, -0.3683
5. LGW EGKK
London Gatwick Airport · London
178 km from BRS · Europe/London · +0h · elevation 202 ft (62 m) · airport coordinates 51.1487, -0.1857
1. BRS-CWL
Cardiff · 44 km · 53m
Europe/London · +0h from BRS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. BRS-BHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · 136 km · 1h 0m
Europe/London · +0h from BRS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. BRS-LHR
London · 157 km · 1h 2m
Europe/London · +0h from BRS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. BRS-LTN
Luton, Luton · 171 km · 1h 3m
Europe/London · +0h from BRS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
5. BRS-LGW
London · 178 km · 1h 4m
Europe/London · +0h from BRS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 6,598 ft / 2,011 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for BRS.
Runway identifiers
09/27
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. CWL EGFF
Cardiff International Airport · Cardiff · 44 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 220 ft (67 m) · 51.3967, -3.3433
2. BHX EGBB
Birmingham Airport · Birmingham, West Midlands · 136 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 327 ft (100 m) · 52.4539, -1.7480
3. LHR EGLL
London Heathrow Airport · London · 157 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 83 ft (25 m) · 51.4707, -0.4599
4. LTN EGGW
London Luton Airport · Luton, Luton · 171 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 526 ft (160 m) · 51.8747, -0.3683
5. LGW EGKK
London Gatwick Airport · London · 178 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 202 ft (62 m) · 51.1487, -0.1857
6. EMA EGNX
East Midlands Airport · Nottingham, Leicestershire · 187 km from BRS
large airport · Europe/London · united-kingdom · 306 ft (93 m) · 52.8311, -1.3281
Source note 1
Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for BRS.
BRS sits in United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), whose capital is London. UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Europe, Northern Europe.
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: GBP (£). BRS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
BRS is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Lulsgate Bottom. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Airport in Bristol, England. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Location cue: Located at Lulsgate Bottom, on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in North Somerset, it is 8 miles southwest of Bristol city centre. Name or history cue: Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport.
Wikidata airport entity: Q8725 · Bristol Airport. Administrative area: North Somerset. Named after: Bristol. Entity official-site cross-check: bristolairport.co.uk
Bristol Airport is a low-elevation field at 622 ft (190 m), positioned at 51.3823° N, 2.7165° W in the Northern high mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 6,598 ft / 2,011 m. The airport clock uses Europe/London (BST, UTC+01:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Nailsea is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.3 km. CWL Cardiff is the closest retained airport alternative at 44 km.
BRS is compared with CWL Cardiff at 44 km, BHX Birmingham, West Midlands at 136 km, LHR London at 157 km, LTN Luton, Luton at 171 km, LGW London at 178 km inside the retained United Kingdom airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
BRS-CWL Cardiff: 44 km, about 53m, +0h. BRS-BHX Birmingham, West Midlands: 136 km, about 1h 0m, +0h. BRS-LHR London: 157 km, about 1h 2m, +0h. BRS-LTN Luton, Luton: 171 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident EGGD backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. bristolairport.co.uk is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 6,598 ft / 2,011 m
Runway identifiers
09/27
OurAirports classifies BRS as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
BRS (EGGD) is a low-elevation field at 622 ft (190 m) in the high mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
BRS sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
BRS's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 6,598 ft / 2,011 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
Civil aviation oversight for BRS runs through UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at bristolairport.co.uk, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
BRS uses Europe/London (BST, UTC+01:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Bristol Airport is about 12 km from central Bristol; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
CWL Cardiff is the closest retained alternate at 44 km, time difference +0h.
bristolairport.co.uk is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place BRS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
BRS ranks #3 in the curated United Kingdom airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 15 airports.
BRS shares Europe/London with BFS Belfast GB · BHX Birmingham, West Midlands GB · CWL Cardiff GB · EDI Edinburgh GB · EMA Nottingham, Leicestershire GB · GLA Glasgow GB. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
BRS is 622 ft (190 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include SVO 622 ft (190 m) (0 ft delta) · MDW 620 ft (189 m) (2 ft delta) · STL 618 ft (188 m) (4 ft delta) · CRL 614 ft (187 m) (8 ft delta) · DFW 607 ft (185 m) (15 ft delta).
BRS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are CWL 44 km +0h · BHX 136 km +0h · LHR 157 km +0h · LTN 171 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | CWL | 44 km | 53m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Birmingham, West Midlands | BHX | 136 km | 1h 0m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| London | LHR | 157 km | 1h 2m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Luton, Luton | LTN | 171 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| London | LGW | 178 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
BRS to CWL
Distance 44 km; estimated travel window 53m; destination zone Europe/London is +0h from BRS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BRS to BHX
Distance 136 km; estimated travel window 1h 0m; destination zone Europe/London is +0h from BRS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BRS to LHR
Distance 157 km; estimated travel window 1h 2m; destination zone Europe/London is +0h from BRS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Central Bristol is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Bristol is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Bristol Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from BRS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Nailsea
nailsea · 6.3 km · Europe/London
Bristol
bristol · 12 km · Europe/London
Portishead
portishead · 12 km · Europe/London
Clevedon
clevedon · 12 km · Europe/London
Keynsham
keynsham · 16 km · Europe/London
Kingswood
kingswood · 16 km · Europe/London
Mendip
mendip · 17 km · Europe/London
Weston-super-Mare
weston-super-mare · 19 km · Europe/London
Mangotsfield
mangotsfield · 19 km · Europe/London
Bath
bath · 25 km · Europe/London
Burnham-on-Sea
burnham-on-sea · 25 km · Europe/London
Yate
yate · 27 km · Europe/London
Bristol Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Cardiff (CWL), Birmingham, West Midlands (BHX), London (LHR). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from BRS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Cardiff International AirportCWL
Cardiff · large airport
Compare against CWL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Birmingham AirportBHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · large airport
Compare against BHX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
London Heathrow AirportLHR
London · large airport
Compare against LHR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
London Luton AirportLTN
Luton, Luton · large airport
Compare against LTN when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
London Gatwick AirportLGW
London · large airport
Compare against LGW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Bristol Airport is in the Europe/London timezone (UTC+01:00, BST).
Bristol Airport uses IATA code BRS and ICAO code EGGD.
Bristol Airport is located in Bristol, United Kingdom at coordinates 51.3823° N, 2.7165° W, with an elevation of 622 ft (190 m) (low-elevation field in the high mid-latitudes).
Bristol Airport sits roughly 12 km from the nearest mapped city center for Bristol.
Cardiff (CWL) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 53m, destination timezone Europe/London, and a +0h difference from BRS.
Bristol Airport sits inside United Kingdom, where civil aviation oversight is led by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
BRS's curated peers in United Kingdom on this site include CWL Cardiff, BHX Birmingham, West Midlands, LHR London, plus 3 more.
Bristol Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 6,598 ft / 2,011 m; identifiers include 09/27.
