2: Cork Airport can accommodate parking for 18 aircraft.
3: Cork Airport was officially opened on October 16, 1961.
4: Seven 747 aircraft have landed at Cork Airport: Aer Lingus, Air Atlanta, TransJet, European Airlines, Qantas, Corsair, KLM.
5: Cork Airport is the largest building open to the public in Munster.
6: Four Polish Cities are served by Ryanair with direct flights from Cork.
7: London remains the most popular destination served directly from Cork.
8: Cork Airport is built on the site of a former farm in an area known as Farmer's Cross.
9: Location: LATITUDE, 515029 N, LONGITUDE, 082928 W.
10: Seven airlines operated 50 scheduled services at Cork Airport in its 50th year.
11: Cork Airport serves a catchment area of 1.8million potential Irish passengers.
12: Passenger and Landing charges at Cork Airport have not increased since 2004.
13: In 1989, a time capsule was buried under Runway 17 during an extension to the runway.
14: The main runway (17/35) is 2,133 metres in length.
15: The short runway (07/25) is 1,310 metres in length.
16: Both runways are 45 metres in width.
17: Cork Airport is open 24hours a day, 7 days a week, 364 days of the year.
18: There are no scheduled services on Christmas Day.
19: There is a dog named Bubbles 1 buried under Runway 17!
20: There are 30 Check-In desks in the terminal building.
21: Cork Airport is just 8 km from Cork City Centre.
22: Elevation: 153 metres (501 feet) above mean sea level.
23: Cork Airport is the Republic of Ireland's Second Busiest Airport.
24: Aer Lingus is the sole airline to have operated at Cork Airport for all 52 years of operation.
25: Airport people always to refer to "Aircraft," never "Planes."
26: The new Terminal occupies 28,000sq metres.
27: Cork Airport has 4,300 Car Park Spaces.
28: Vincent Fanning was the first airport director of Cork Airport from October 1961 to February 1967.
29: Pat Keohane is the current airport director.
30: The first jet, a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Comet, landed at Cork Airport on March29, 1964.
31: ORK is the three letter code for flights bound for Aerfort Chorcaí / Cork Airport.
32: Cork Airport is part of the DAA Group of Irish State-Owned Airports.
33: Cork Airport exceeded 2 million passengers a year for the first time on December 31, 2006.
34: When Cork Airport first opened in 1961 it was managed by The Department of Transport and Power.
35: The New Terminal opened on August 15, 2006.
36: The New Terminal was designed by Hok and Jacobs Engineering Group.
37: In its first year (1961), Cork Airport handled 10,172 passengers from October to December. The airport now handles this in one day.
38: In its first full year of operation in 1962, 76,184 passengers visited Cork Airport.
39: The visit of President John F. Kennedy to Cork in June 1963 brought an influx of US Air Force aircraft; JFK did not fly into Cork Airport but landed by helicopter at Collins Barracks.
40: The first Duty Free Shop opened in Cork in 1978, followed by a Tax Free Shop in 1979.
41: The current shopping offer launched in 2009 is called The Loop.
42: The new IAA Air Traffic Control Tower opened on October 20, 2009 at 00:01.
43: Scene from the movies, "The Purple Taxi," and, "Strength and Honour," were filmed in the Old and New Terminals respectively.
44: 2005: Ryanair opened its 15th European Base and 2nd Irish base at Cork Airport.
45: For the airport's 25th anniversary in 1986 an EEC Flag Raising Ceremony was performed by Mr. Peter Barry TD, then Minister for Foreign Affairs.
46: The first departing passengers in 1961 won tickets on a, "Come fly with Jacobs," promo.
47: In 1986, Cork Airport served 356,597 passengers; In 2012 it served 2.4million.
48: In 1914, Lord Carbery flew from The Mardyke to Clonakilty in 20 minutes.
49: Cork Airport could have been built on reclaimed land at Belvelly near Fota on the Great Island in Cork Harbour.
50: It took 33 years of advance planning and lobbying from 1928 to 1961 to secure the Government decision to build Cork Airport.
51: An Air Corps Dove from Baldonnel Airport was the First Recorded Landing.
52: It took 35 years to reach 1 million passengers - a figure achieved for the first time in 1996.
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