The apron contains one runway, one passenger terminal, three hotels, two cargo terminals and five car parks.

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Birmingham City Council and the 6 other West Midland local authority shareholders have agreed not to separately dispose of their holdings before 2012.

According to this valuation, the airport is worth around £360 million.

Passenger flows were down by 5.5% year-on-year in 2008/09 when 9.108 million passengers passed through the airport (News Archive 19/01/10).

Passenger flows were down by 5.8% year-on-year in 2009/2010 when 8.578 million passengers passed through the airport (News Archive 28/01/11).

The old terminals 1 and 2 have been merged in order to reduce costs in the face of falling passenger numbers.

The new combined One Terminal, which was opened by Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond in May 2011, contains enlarged security, arrivals and onward travel areas and additional retail and restaurant units (Map of Terminal).

Austin Reed, Best of the Best, Boots, Claires Accessories, Dixons, Duty Free, Foreign Exchange, Game Grid, Holland & Barrett, Tie Rack, World Duty Free Speciality, World Duty Free Sunglasses, WH Smith

Burger King, Costa, Estpresso, Frankie and Benny's, Pash Deli, Prêt a Manger, Subway, Upper Crust, Wetherspoon

The A45 connects the airport to Birmingham city centre (8 miles) and to the motorway network via Junction 6 of the M42 (1.2 miles).

Traffic from the north-west travelling on the M6 should join the M42 at Exit 4A and then the A45 at Exit 6.

Traffic from the north-east travelling on the M42 should join the A45 at Exit 6.

Traffic from the south travelling on the M40 should join the M42 at Exit 3A and then the A45 at Exit 6.

Traffic from the south-west travelling on the M5 should join the M42 at Exit 4A and then the A45 at Exit 6.

Traffic from the south-east travelling on the M1 should join the M6 at Exit 19, the M42 at Exit 4 and then the A45 at Exit 6.

There is a rapid drop-off zone on Comet Road, immediately outside the terminal, and two long-stay surface car parks (Map 1, Map 2) on either side of Airport Road.

A shuttle runs at 15 minute intervals between the long-stay car parks and the passenger terminal.

Number 58: Birmingham city centre, every 30 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Saturday;

Number 900: Birmingham City Centre, every 30 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Sunday;

Number 966/966A to Solihull Railway Station, every 30 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Sunday;

Number 966/966A to Erdington, every 30 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Sunday;

Number 900 to Coventry, every 30 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Sunday;

Number 717 to Nuneaton, every 60 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Saturday;

Number 757 to Sutton Coldfield, every 60 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Saturday;

Number 767 to Tamworth, every 60 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Saturday;

Number 777 to Atherstone, every 60 minutes (but not overnight) Monday to Saturday

National Express 777: Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport, Coventry, Milton Keynes, Luton, Luton Airport, Stansted Airport. Ten Coaches per day travel on this route.

National Express 210: Wolverhampton, Dudley, Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport, Coventry, Banbury, Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport. Nine coaches per day travel on this route.

National Express 305/314: Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport, Coventry, Northampton, Bedford, Cambridge. Three coaches per day travel on this route.

National Express 422/538: Coventry, Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stoke, Manchester Airport, Manchester. Two coaches per day travel on this route.

Megabus 1: Birmingham - London via Coventry and Birmingham International Airport

Megabus 15: Liverpool - London via Chester and Birmingham International Airport

Megabus 36: Paignton - Newcastle via Exeter, Bristol, the University of West England, Birmingham and Birmingham International Airport.