East Midlands Logo Variants
EMA
EGNX
Quick Facts
CountryUnited Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Passengers/yr283
Movements/yr32
Elevation306 ft
Coordinates52.8311, -1.3281
About East Midlands
East Midlands Airport (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an international airport in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England. The airport is situated between Loughborough (10 miles (16 km)), Derby (12.5 miles (20 km)) and Nottingham (14 miles (23 km)); Leicester is 20 miles (32 km) to the south and Lincoln 43 miles (69 km) northeast. It serves the majority of the East Midlands region consisting of the counties of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Derbyshire. The airfield was originally built as a Royal Air Force station known as RAF Castle Donington in 1943, before being redeveloped as a civilian airport in 1965.