The Ultimate Manchester Airport Quiz

The Airliner World team are at The Aviation Show at Manchester Airport’s viewing park this weekend, so in the spirit of that we present a series of questions on the North West England hub.

Question 1 of 10

How many nautical miles from Manchester City Centre?

7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5

Question 2 of 10

Who was the first airline to operate flights from Manchester? 

KLM
Air France
BOAC
Imperial Airways

Question 3 of 10

And in what year?

1936
1937
1938
1939

Question 4 of 10

During WWII, the airport was turned into RAF Ringway. Over 60,000 who was trained there?

Bomb aimers
Parachutists
Wireless operators
Bomber pilots

Question 5 of 10

What year did Emirates launch its first A380 services to/from Manchester? 

2008
2009
2010
2011

Question 6 of 10

Avro had a facility at Manchester Airport for a time, alongside another British manufacturer. Today, said manufacturer’s hangars are being taken down. Who were they?

Fairey
de Havilland
Hawker Siddeley
British Aerospace

Question 7 of 10

Approximately how many passengers did the airport serve in 2022?

22m
22.2m
22.4m
22.6m

Question 8 of 10

Ethiopian Airlines serves two destinations from Manchester – Addis Ababa and…?

Stockholm
Barcelona
Milan/Malpensa
Geneva

Question 9 of 10

What’s the registration of the Concorde in the viewing park?

G-BOAB
G-BOAC
G-BOAD
G-BOAF

Question 10 of 10

Monarch Airlines has a forward section of a former aircraft at the viewing park. What aircraft does it originate from?

BAC One-Eleven
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Bristol Britannia
Airbus A300

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So much to answer for...

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Sunshine with showers - just like the Mancunian climate... 

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On the cusp of greatness - how many Manchester-based sports teams can say the same?! 

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You must be absolutely mad for it!