GLA Glasgow International Airport information

GLA Glasgow International Airport general information :

Glasgow International Airport is categorized as a large airport in our listing because of its 8743 runway. The airport is located in United Kingdom, in the Scotland‘s region and more specially in the municipality of Glasgow.

Glasgow International Airport’s website (if available) Glasgow International Airport’s Wiki (if available)

GLA Glasgow International Airport GPS coordinates:

Glasgow International Airport can be located with the following GPS coordinates:

Latitude Longitude
55.871899 -4.43306
Glasgow International Airport GPS coordinates (Scotland, United Kingdom)

GLA Glasgow International Airport elevation:

Glasgow International Airport has the following elevation above sea level:

Elevation (ft) 26
Glasgow International Airport GLA elevation (Scotland, United Kingdom)

GLA Glasgow International Airport runways:

Here are the data available for Glasgow International Airport’s runway:

Runway length (ft) Runway width (ft) Runway type Runway light
8743 151 asphalt lighted
Glasgow International Airport GLA runway (Scotland, United Kingdom)

GLA Glasgow International Airport’s radio frequency:

Here is the radio frequency available for pilots that want to contact GLA Glasgow International Airport:

Radio type Radio description Radio frequency (mHz)
ACC SHANWICK OCEANIC 120.35
Glasgow International Airport radio frequency (Scotland, United Kingdom)

For your information, we use the following abbreviation for the different type of radio frequency: TWR” (tower), “ATF” or “CTAF” (common traffic frequency), “GND” (ground control), “RMP” (ramp control), “ATIS” (automated weather), “RCO” (remote radio outlet), “ARR” (arrivals), “DEP” (departures), “UNICOM” (monitored ground station), and “RDO” (a flight-service station)


What is Glasgow International Airport’s code?

Here are the different airport codes in our database for Glasgow International Airport:

GPS Code IATA Code Local Code
EGPF GLA
Glasgow International Airport’s airport codes (Scotland, United Kingdom)

The IATA code is the airport code which is the most popular around the world. This code is always available for larger airports but might not exist for smaller airports. The local code or the GPS Code are usually the preferred solution for Smaller airfields or heliport. As a reminder, Glasgow International Airport is categorized as a large airport in our database.


Other airports near GLA Glasgow International Airport:

fly-P2P is a flight search engine that allows you to find the best itinerary comparing up to 5 nearby airports from a given address. Our tool will help you to find the commercial, private and shared flights at GLA/ Glasgow International Airport but also to compare those flights with the ones from the 5 closest airports in Scotland.


GLA Glasgow International Airport flights

There are several commercial flights available at GLA Glasgow International Airport. Private jet flights and shared private jet flights are another possibility with rates that will depend on the popularity and the distance to your final destination (in United Kingdom or elsewhere).

Fly-P2P allows pilots, operators and owners to post their flights on our search engine. What it means is that you might be able to find a seat available in a private jet for a very competitive price from Glasgow International Airport.


GLA Glasgow International Airport destinations

As mentioned above, there are private flights, shared private flights available at Glasgow International Airport. There are several commercial flight available. Several destinations (international & domestic in United Kingdom) are then available from GLA Glasgow International Airport and the best way to find it out is to check our search engine.

We will allow you to compare different flight itineraries from Glasgow International Airport but also other nearby airports in the Scotland’s region. Furthermore, our search engine will find all commercial, private and shared private flights available.


GLA Glasgow International Airport’s hotels:

Finding a good hotel in the Scotland’s region can be a challenging task. Feel free to use the map bellow to navigate the hotel selection around Glasgow International Airport. You can always check the usual providers as well such as Booking, Expedia, Airbnb,..


GLA Glasgow International Airport’s rental car:

Probably the solution to find a rental car at Glasgow International Airport is to use a dedicated service provider. Fly-P2P doesn’t provide car rental service but we can definitely point you in the right direction. Many known websites will help you to compare rates between different providers such as Expedia, booking,… Feel free to check them on your own or you can directly search from the widget bellow as well.


GLA Glasgow International Airport’s taxi & transportation

We recommend you to use Uber, Lyft or KiwiTaxi in order to organise your transportation arriving or departing from/to Glasgow International Airport. Feel free to use the widget bellow if you wish to be directly redirected to service providers in the Scotland’s region.