What is Manchester Airport?
{{Infobox airport | name = Manchester Airport | image = Manchester Airport.jpg | image-width = 250 | IATA = MAN | ICAO = EGCC | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Manchester Airports Group]] | location = [[Greater Manchester]] | elevation-f = 257 | elevation-m = 78 | coordinates = {{coord|53|21|14|N|002|16|30|W|type:airport_region:UK}} | website = [http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/ www.manchesterairport.co.uk] | metric-rwy = yes | r1-number = 05L/23R | r1-length-f = 10,000 | r1-length-m = 3,048 | r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/Grooved [[Asphalt]] | r2-number = 05R/23L | r2-length-f = 9,997 | r2-length-m = 3,047 | r2-surface = Concrete/Grooved Asphalt | footnotes = Source: [[United Kingdom]] [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ais.org.uk|title=UK Aeronautical Information Service|publisher=AIS|accessdate=2007-11-04|archive-date=2012-03-03|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65tH2k1q5?url=http://www.ais.org.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Manchester Airport ''' {{Airport codes|MAN|EGCC}} is an important [[airport]] in [[Manchester]], [[England]]. It opened to passengers in June 1938. It was first called '''Ringway Airport'''. During World War II it officially became [[RAF Ringway]], and from 1975 until 1986 the title '''Manchester International Airport''' was used. The airport is almost all within the city of Manchester boundaries&mdash;the exception being the second runway, which lies mostly in [[Cheshire]] '''Manchester Airport''' had the most passengers in the [[Uk]] outside of [[London]] with 22.1 million people in 2007. Manchester Airport competes with other airports nearby such as [[Liverpool Airport]] and [[Leeds Bradford Airport]]. ==Airlines and destinations== The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Manchester:<ref>[http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/flight-information/flight-timetables/ manchesterairport.co.uk – Flight Timetables] {{Webarchive|url=http