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Cardiff Airport

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Cardiff Airport

Summary

Cardiff Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,733 views/month, #46 of 7,663).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cardiff Airport is located in The Vale of Glamorgan[3].
  • Cardiff Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Cardiff Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Cardiff Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Cardiff Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[7].
  • Cardiff Airport is operated by Abertis[8].
  • Cardiff is named after Cardiff Airport[9].
  • Cardiff Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as CWL[10].
  • Cardiff Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGFF[11].
  • The location of Cardiff Airport was Rhoose[12].
  • Cardiff Airport's Commons category is recorded as Cardiff Airport[13].
  • Cardiff Airport's runway is recorded as 12/30[14].
  • Cardiff Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 51.396666666667, 'longitude': -3.3433333333333}[15].
  • Cardiff Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.cardiff-airport.com/[16].
  • Cardiff Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Cardiff[17].
  • Cardiff Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Wales[18].
  • Cardiff Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1952[19].
  • Cardiff Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+220'}[20].
  • Cardiff Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 51.3967, 'longitude': -3.34333}[21].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+229567'}[22].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+208524'}[23].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+30365'}[24].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+24064'}[25].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+25999'}[26].
  • Cardiff Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+33096'}[27].

Body

Geography

Cardiff Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in The Vale of Glamorgan[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cardiff Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+220'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6], and international airport[7].

History and Context

Cardiff is named after Cardiff Airport[9].

Why It Matters

Cardiff Airport ranks in the top 0.6% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,733 views/month, #46 of 7,663).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Cardiff Jackson Pollock United Kingdom Wales

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4h ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → Abertis
    Location → Rhoose
    Place served by transport hub → Cardiff, Wales
    Operator → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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