BRS

Bristol Airport

Bristol, United Kingdom

Operated by Bristol Airport Limitedprivate

ICAOEGGDElev622 ft

The Verdict

52/100Not broken, just… tired

And it's getting worse.

Ranked #154 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2015–2026

Operational30%

67Solidly average

Sentiment25%

50Middling

Infrastructure15%

41Below par

Sent. Velocity15%

5A cautionary tale

Connectivity15%

81Actually decent

What People Think

Passengers are returning to BRS willingly. That's the highest compliment.

4.0Avg Rating / 10

1,340

ReviewsGoogle 1330Skytrax 10

25%Positive

★ 3.2on Google Maps (1,330 reviews)

Sentiment Trajectory (2025–2026)+0.91 over 2 years

Then: 4.2/5 (867 reviews)Now: 5.1/5 (467 reviews)

Positive25%

Neutral33%

Negative41%

Queuing

2.3

Cleanliness

2.3

Staff

2.2

Food & Bev

2.0

Wifi

3.1

Wayfinding

2.9

Transport

3.0

Shopping

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The Numbers

10.8MPassengers (2025)

+3.4%YoY Growth

Record year! 10.8M passengers in 2025, up 21% from pre-pandemic levels and a staggering 419% rebound from the 2021 COVID low.

9.5MInternational (87%)

1.4MDomestic (13%)

78,084Aircraft Movements

Passenger History

Lounges

4 available

Brigg and Stow

priority pass

Cabin Bar

priority pass

Essence

priority pass

Starbucks Coffee

priority pass

Tardiness Report

2026/03–2025/04 · 65,707 flights

0.1%Flights Delayed66 of 65,707 flights

0.0minAvg Delay

Delays? What delays? This place runs like clockwork.

+0.2pp vs prior year+0.0min vs prior year

Delay Causes (ATFM)

Weather63%

Carrier0%

ATC23%

Airport14%

Where You Can Escape To

Bristol·Focus City

easyJet·Focus City

Jet2.com·Focus City

Ryanair·Focus City

TUI Airways·Focus City

West of England·Focus City

120 routes · 4 regions

Europe10

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Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

1 Runway

09/276,598ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

History===Initial development plans=== In response to the UK government's 2003 white paper ''The Future of Air Transport'', the airport published a Master Plan for expansion over the period 2006–2030. In October 2007, the airport announced that it would del...

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.