East Midlands Airport (EMA) customers are advised to allow extra time for journeys to and from the airport if they are travelling when the Download Festival is underway next month.
The three-day event takes place at Donington Park next to the airport from 14-16 June, with campsites opening from midday on Wednesday 12 June.
As the UK’s largest rock festival, it is expected to be attended by around 75,000 people attracted by acts like Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold.
Significant traffic is therefore expected during the event, affecting all roads around the airport including the M1, A42, A50 and A453.
EMA has more than 300 flights arriving and departing over the festival’s three days and has arranged for airlines to alert their passengers to potential delays. Airport representatives have been in regular dialogue with festival organisers to understand their traffic plans.
Airport users are advised to check latest traffic and travel reports before they set off and follow East Midlands Airport on social media for latest flight information.
EMA is also reminding anyone planning to film the festival that it is illegal to fly drones close to the airport. This follows a successful prosecution last year when a drone was used to film the festival. Flying drones puts the airport operation at risk, potentially leading to passenger flights being diverted and causing delays to air cargo flights.
