Airports
Glasgow city centre is under an hour's travel from three international airports and also served by a seaplane terminal:
- Glasgow International Airport (GLA), formerly known as Abbotsinch, is the closest of the three international airports and handles the majority of Glasgow's air traffic. This includes shuttle flights to and from London and the rest of the UK, transatlantic links to New York, Philadelphia and several Canadian cities in addition to Dubai.
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Scotland's busiest, is 45minutes travel east along the M8 motorway from Glasgow city centre. The airport serves mainly short range routes but connects to most major European hubs such as Heathrow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt.
- Glasgow Prestwick International Airport (PIK) is located 29 miles south west of the city in South Ayrshire and caters mainly for charter flights, low-cost airlines, and freight traffic.
- Glasgow Seaplane Terminal, located on the River Clyde, by Glasgow Science Centre in the city centre.
There are also two small airfields in the nearby towns of Cumbernauld, and Strathaven, near East Kilbride.
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