Birmingham Airport has one runway, which aircraft use in either of two directions, known as Runway 15 and Runway 33. The numbers refer to the runway's heading, in degrees. Runway 15 is aligned on a heading of 150°, approximately South southeast, while Run- way 33 lies on a heading of 330°, or North northwest.

Birmingham Airport (BHX) in the United Kingdom has one runway, designated as 15/33. It is a single asphalt runway that measures 3,052 meters (10,013 feet) in length. Originally, the airport had two runways (a main and a shorter cross-runway), but the shorter one was permanently closed in 2007 to make way for new terminal infrastructure and aircraft parking. The remaining main runway underwent a significant extension in 2014, allowing the airport to handle much larger, long-haul aircraft such as the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A350, connecting the Midlands directly to destinations as far as India, China, and North America. Despite having only one runway, Birmingham is one of the busiest airports in the UK, utilizing highly efficient air traffic management to handle over 12 million passengers annually. Its single-runway operation is similar to other major international hubs like London Gatwick, which also relies on a single strip for the vast majority of its high-volume commercial traffic.