About this museum
Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park is plane-spotting institutionalised: raised mounds a fence-width from the 23L threshold, a cafe, and a small but shameless collection of retired heavy metal you can board. It is the cheapest full-fat aviation day out in the country — free entry, pay only for parking — and the pilots wave.
Concorde G-BOAC, British Airways' flagship (the 'OAC' registration was no accident), enthroned in her own glass hangar with tours from technical to champagne-grade.
- Concorde G-BOAC — the British Airways flagship
- Trident 3B
- Nimrod MR.2
- Avro RJX — the last airliner built in Britain
Book Concorde tours ahead; weekends are busy. Bring a picnic and a long lens. Reviewers' only consistent gripe is wanting taller viewing platforms, which is the right kind of complaint.
“Manchester Airport Runway Visitor Park is a fantastic day out for aviation …”— Adekola, visitor report
Airframe checklist
Tick them off as you go. Identities are as held in the gazetteer survey — verify against the museum’s own labels if something has moved.
| Type | Identity | |
|---|---|---|
| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde | G-BOAC | |
| Avro RJX85 — the last British-built airliner | G-IRJX | |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 | XV231 | |
| Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B | G-AWZK | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (forward fuselage) | — |
Location & contact
- Address
- Runway Visitor Park, Sunbank Ln, Altrincham WA15 8XQ
- Website
- www.runwayvisitorpark.co.uk/
- Hours
- Daily 8am–8pm (Jun–Aug); Daily 9am–5pm (Sep–May)
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- NO-03 on the situation map