[5] It is exposed to strong cross winds around the 'rock' and across the Bay of Gibraltar, making landings in winter particularly challenging.

[7] The actual airport was constructed during World War II upon the former race track, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.

[9] On 17 November 2006, Iberia Airlines announced that it would start flights from Madrid to Gibraltar using an Airbus A319 aircraft.

GB Airways flew a one-off flight in the other direction with a group of children from the Gibraltar area making up the passengers.

[10] In April 2009, Ándalus Líneas Aéreas restored Gibraltar's air link with the Spanish capital.

From 2011 until October 2012, easyJet offered thrice-weekly service from Gibraltar to Liverpool, but it was eventually cancelled due to lack of demand.

On 10 January 2012, Gibraltar was selected as one of the 'World's Scariest Airport Landings and Take-offs' in the travel section of the Daily Telegraph due to its runway which extends into the sea.

[15] On 14 August 2012, Monarch announced it would launch a new route to Birmingham, operating three times a week; every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

[16] In the summer of 2014, services between Gibraltar and Marrakech were operated by Royal Air Maroc Express on behalf of a local travel company, Your Flight.

During the same month, Monarch announced a new route from Gibraltar to London Gatwick, beginning on 1 May running four times a week.

[21] On 2 October 2017, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed that Monarch Airlines had ceased operations with immediate effect and had entered administration.

[22] On 11 December 2019, easyJet announced a new twice-weekly service to Edinburgh, making it the first time that Gibraltar had a direct link to Scotland.

The airline's service to Luton was axed as a result of the pandemic, and from increased competition by Wizz Air who began serving the route in December 2020.

The airport is located on the isthmus that connects Gibraltar with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, and thus the country of Spain.

[27] In the spring of 1815, Spain claims an epidemic of yellow fever struck Gibraltar, so that the British authorities built several barracks as field isolation in the neutral zone.

On 2 December 1987, an agreement was signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain to allow the joint civil use of the airport.

For many years, it had been too small to cope with the number of passengers when two flights were scheduled to arrive or depart within a short space of time.

Retail services are also available in the terminal, and these include WH Smith, 36 North Bar, and Gibraltar Duty Free Stores.

This has caused delays and tailbacks as the road closes when aircraft take off and land (more than 15 times per day).

[33] In the late 2000s, a project to build a tunnel and a four-lane diversion road was approved by the Government of Gibraltar.

[36] In April 2014, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ordered the contractor to pay the completion costs of the project.

[37] Further construction delays owing to sub-standard work[38] meant that the tunnel was not handed over to the Government until summer 2022.

After the tunnel on the north side of the runway, Kingsway runs parallel to the frontier, passing under the air terminal fly-over section.

[46] Although the road across the runway remains in place, for exceptional, specific, or emergency use, it is not available for routine day-to-day use by private vehicular traffic.

[47] The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights at Gibraltar Airport: The runway featured in a BBC Top Gear special, and was also used by Jaguar in the launch of a new range.

The airport appeared on Channel 5's series, Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun, which was broadcast from June to July 2013.

The airstrip and the Four Corners Border crossing feature at the end of Carol Reed's 1963 production of The Running Man.