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Glasgow Prestwick airport parking, Park and Ride service
Car
Park Name and Address |
Watson's Ayr Park
Tarbolton Road
Monkton
Prestwick
KA9 2RR
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Helpline |
01292 471111 |
Important |
Please note that larger vehicles are charged an extra £ 5.00 per day by the car park.
Vehicles such as PICCASSO's or Renault SCENIC's are chared the normal rates |
Directions |
From the Dutchouse Roundabout: go straight over the roundabout into Monkton. You will pass a BP service station on your left.Continue straight ahead into Monkton for approx 1/2 mile and follow the road as it veers to the left. Watsons Ayr Park is situated 1/2 mile on your right.
From A78: Follow the A78 to the Dutchouse roundabout. Take the 3rd exit heading for Monkton.You will pass a BP service station on your left. Continue straight ahead into Monkton for approx 1/2 mile and follow the road as it veers off to the left. Watsons Ayr Park is situated 1/2 mile on your right. |
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Distance to Airport |
3 minutes
from airport. |
Transfer from Airport |
A scheduled bus service operates every
15 minutes to and from the Airport. |
Security Measures |
CCTV, floodlighting and 24 hour surveillance |
Arrival Procedure |
Arrive at
car park 15 minutes before your check-in time and quote your
booking number on arrival at car park. |
Departure Procedure |
Your return instructions will be given to you
on your arrival. |
Cancellations |
Cancellations made with at least 24 hours notice are refunded in full. Within 24 hours we apply a £25.00 cancellation charge. No shows are not refundable. |
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Prestwick Airport
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport was thought to have begun
around 1934 with a few planes using 'the Meadows' at the end of Monkton
Village although there is now evidence to support much earlier aircraft
activity in or around 1913. In 1935 David McIntyre set up Scottish
Aviation Ltd and acquired land just behind Orangefield House in order
to develop a training airfield. He created a hangar for Tiger Moth
bi-planes, offices, lecture rooms and a small control tower. This
was interrupted by the WW II when the site developed into a major
airport with 300 American aircraft arriving on some days for onward
delivery under the Lend Lease programme. At this time Scottish Aviation
Ltd began aircraft production on the site and many famous aircraft
types were built at Prestwick including the BAe Jetstream which only
ceased production in 1998.
After the war Orangefield House, originally built in 1690, became
the main terminal building with the control tower being constructed
on its roof. This was demolished in 1966 to make way for a new taxiway
although its maple floor was used in the Aviator Suite function room
in the present terminal building.
In 1958 plans were announced for a new terminal building, freight
building, runway extension, control tower and loop road around the
airport. The new control tower was completed in April 1962 and the
present terminal building was opened by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother in September 1962. Despite its illustrious past many people
will remember the airport for Elvis Presley's visit in 1960.
In April 2001 Glasgow Prestwick Airport saw one million passengers
use the airport in the preceding 12 months and in May 2004 it hit
the two million limit for the first time confirming it as the fastest
growing airport in Scotland. This expansion is likely to continue
as they attempt to become Scotland's third-busiest airport and to
reach four million passengers by the end of the decade. |
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