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Glasgow International Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanail Glaschu) (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) (formerly Glasgow Abbotsinch Airport) is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow city centre, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

In 2006 the airport handled 8,820,000 passengers making it the busiest in Scotland and seventh in the United Kingdom.[2] At the same time there were 110,034 aircraft movements, making it the third and ninth busiest respectively.[2] It was the first airport in Scotland to handle over one million passengers in one month.[citation needed]

The airport is owned by BAA, which also owns London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton airports.

Glasgow International Airport is a hub airport for Loganair, easyJet and Flyglobespan, and also houses maintenance facilities for British Airways.

The other international airport branded as a Glasgow destination is Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, situated 29 miles (46 km) from the city centre, serving low cost airlines and currently handling slightly more than a quarter of Glasgow Airport's traffic.