Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)
Facilities and Services

(Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK)

Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) is one of the busiest airports in Scotland, flying millions of passengers to destinations throughout the United Kingdom and as far afield as Scandinavia. The airport has one main passenger terminal, although the nearby Bloomfield Terminal serves North Sea oil rigs by chopper.

Aberdeen Airport comes with good passenger facilities including bureau de change booths and cash machines, while dining and shopping options are also very good.

Airport Information Desks

Tel: +44 1446 711111
Passenger facilities at Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) are well laid out, with Arrivals and check-in situated together on the ground floor and an information desk located nearby. Information, security and medical staff at Aberdeen Airport are consistently given praise for their helpfulness. Some useful numbers include:

Airport Main Switchboard - +44 870 040 0006
Airport Lost and Found - +44 870 040 0006
Left Luggage - +44 870 040 0006
Pre-book Parking - +44 870 000 1000
Shopping Information - +44 870 000 1000
Minicom - +44 141 585 6161

Shops, Duty-Free and Retail Outlets

There is a variety of shops available before and after security at Aberdeen Airport (ABZ), with favourite stores represented on both sides. Well known shops include Alpha Books Plus, Baxters and World News, while World Duty Free (after security) features tax-free prices on alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, sunglasses and electronics.

Bars, Cafés and Restaurants

Aberdeen Airport has a wide variety of eateries, with cafés, restaurants and bars. The Food Hub is particularly good and has outlets on both sides of security. Many of the airport's restaurants have children's menus and prices are in-line with those of UK high street outlets.

Currency Exchange, Communications and Banking Facilities

There is a bureau de change booth opposite the information desk, before security, that stays open seven days a week, while cash machines are also available at either side of the information desk. The British Airways Executive Lounge has business facilities for frequent flyers at the airport and the nearby Aberdeen Airport Thistle Hotel also has conference and business facilities.

Disabled Facilities

Like all other airports in the UK, Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) conforms to the correct standards for the comfort of disabled passengers, with adapted toilets, telephones and ramps for ease of movement. There are also reduced-rate parking spaces at the short-term car park for the disabled who display an orange disabled badge.