SNN: Shannon (Ireland)

Shannon airport lies on the west coast of Ireland.
It's a Ryanair base.

Runway :
06/24 - 3200 m

Airport website :
www.shannonairport.com

Arrivals are at ground level (unless you come with an airline that uses the fingers - not Ryanair, as a rule) : baggage retrieval, passport control, and, landside, a tourism desk, an information desk, the car leasers, etc.
The nearest town is Limerick, some 25 km away; accessible by bus from stand 1 at the left of the exit from the terminal.
Bus Eireann :
http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202386643-343sl.pdf
There are also buses to and from other destinations (see the airport website)

The check-in desks are on the ground floor; the security and passport control are at the upper level; airside, there is a big shop with the usual goods for sale (perfumes, alcohols, souvenirs, books,...); and a few boarding gates with fingers, from where you can look at the runway and the apron; to acceed to the gates without fingers, you have to step down to ground level.

(written after a passage there in june 2008)

The terminal :


The Arrival hall is on the ground floor :


The check-in desks are also on the ground floor :


From the upper level : a good view on the runway and the front apron :


and of the side apron and cargo area :


Seen from the air :


And turning towards the east (a bit hazy, sorry...)


A few souvenirs :
A 707 tail as gate guardian :

and the old tower :