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Cork Airport (Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) is the second-largest international airport in Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon. It is 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south of Cork City centre, [1] in an area known as Farmers Cross. [5] In 2018, Cork Airport handled 2.39 million passengers, [6] growing by
Manx2 Flight 7100 was a scheduled commercial flight from Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Cork, Republic of Ireland.On 10 February 2011, the Fairchild Metro III aircraft flying the route with ten passengers and two crew on board crashed on its third attempt to land at Cork Airport in foggy conditions.
City or area served / location County Province ICAO IATA Airport name Rwy Length Notes (m) (ft) Cork: County Cork: Munster: EICK: ORK Cork Airport: 2,133 6,998
Cork Airport Shannon Airport The following tables show 2008 to 2022 passenger traffic statistics for all airports in the Republic of Ireland , ranked by total passenger traffic each year. The data also shows available total aircraft movements at each airport based on statistics published by the Irish Aviation Authority .
At Cork airport, there are on average 218 "rainy" days a year (over 0.2 millimetres (0.008 in) of rainfall), of which there are 80 days with "heavy rain" (over 5 millimetres (0.2 in)). [33] Cork is also a generally foggy city, with an average of 97.8 days of fog a year, most common during mornings and winter.
DAA plc (styled "daa") (Irish: Údarás Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath cpt), [1] previously Dublin Airport Authority, is a commercial semi-state airport company in Ireland. The company owns and operates Dublin Airport and Cork Airport. Its other subsidiaries include the travel retail business Aer Rianta International [2] and DAA International. [3]
Shannon Airport opened at 13:00 UTC+1 on 20 April (not for departing commercial flights) but Cork Airport and Dublin Airport remained closed. [67] On 20 April at 21:00 UTC+1 Irish airspace fully re-opened, but air travellers were advised to contact their airline. It was expected that normal flights would resume on Friday 23 April. [68]
Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. Although the investigation into the crash lasted two years, a cause was never determined.