Birmingham Airport's runway has reopened after a small aircraft made an emergency landing earlier today. Birmingham Airport has reopened after this afternoon's emergency landing of a small plane caused the airport's only runway to close for several hours.

Birmingham Airport reopened its only runway on Wednesday, more than six hours after a small aircraft made an emergency landing due to landing gear failure, leaving one person with minor injuries. Birmingham Airport said in a statement that its operations had resumed following the aircraft incident.

Thousands of passengers are still being disrupted following an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport. The airport reopened on Wednesday evening after the incident involving a passenger plane closed the runway and caused departure delays and forced landing planes to divert.