Edinburgh Airport, (also called Turnhouse) located in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the sixth largest international airport in the UK. It is located 13 km (8 miles) West of the city centre. Edinburgh Airport is owned by BAA plc, the company that also owns London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports.

A number of holiday companies operate exclusive charter flights from Edinburgh to a number of destinations in Europe. The popular resorts of the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Cyprus, the Greek Islands and Turkey form the majority of destinations for these flights. A number of airlines operate holiday flights from Edinburgh, including First Choice Airways, Britannia Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, My Travel, Monarch, Spanair, Futura and Excel Airways.

In 1991 2,339,538 passengers passed through Edinburgh Airport, by 2002 that had increased to 6,906,731 passengers. That represents an annual increase of 10.6%. Edinburgh Airport recorded 8 Million passengers in the rolling year to the end of January 2005; the first time that that milestone has been reached.