Derbyshire Times
Stephen Richeux
05 Feb 2026
East Midlands Airport has completed a £10.5m investment in key airfield facilities which will play a vital role in enabling the ongoing growth of its cargo operation.
Two brand new gatehouses have been built to replace existing ones, providing access onto the airfield away from the passenger terminal and fitted out with the latest scanning equipment. It’s part of an ongoing £120m investment programme at the airport.
Gatehouses provide security checkpoints onto the airfield for airport staff and personnel from airport partners such as airlines, fuellers, engineers and crews handling baggage and cargo. The two modern replacements are the main access points onto the cargo aprons - where business at what is already the busiest air cargo hub in the UK has been growing significantly.
The new gatehouse serving the east apron - home to UPS, FedEx and Royal Mail among others – also provides access for airport personnel to the central apron where passenger aircraft stand and is almost six times bigger than the previous facility, at 400m2...
