North Somerset is the location of the United Kingdom’s ninth busiest International Airport, Bristol Airport, handling nearly six million travellers a year, is also known for having one of the shortest runways in England. The mere 2,011-metre span does prevent most of the larger passenger aircraft from using Bristol Airport. For this reason, while Bristol Airport has International status, the vast majority of its flights are only made to UK and European destinations with only two transatlantic flights made to New York and Orlando.

Despite this, the facilities at Bristol Airport are quite good and constantly expanding. The wait for your flight time is made comfortable and is especially geared to facilitate business travellers, children, and the disabled. The Airport even provides meeting rooms for business fliers that can be reserved in advance. Several exclusive business lounges, Internet access, and both short and long-term car parking make it easy for the travelling businessman to prefer departing from Bristol Airport. Bristol Airport does draw most of its Departure travellers from the local area with nearly half being from Avon.

Some of the other amenities that make your stopover or waiting time less stressful include a duty-free shop, and several terminals for quicker processing of your flight details. There is easy access to security details, rules, and regulations so improper items or details won’t unduly interrupt your travel plans. With your safety in mind, the Bristol Airport does recommend checking in as early as possible. While one hour of lead time is all that is usually required for local UK flights, the long-haul security check-ins generally average a three hour lead time before your flight is ready to board.