Eday Airport

Terminal at Eday

IATA: EOI – ICAO: EGED

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Orkney Islands Council

Serves

Eday

Location

Eday, Orkney

Elevation AMSL

20 ft / 6 m

Coordinates

59°11′26″N 002°46′20″W / 59.19056°N 2.77222°WCoordinates: 59°11′26″N 002°46′20″W / 59.19056°N 2.77222°W

Map

EGED

Location on Eday

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
07/25	527	1,729	Graded hardcore
18/36	518	1,699	Grass

Sources: UK AIP at NATS^[1]

Eday Airport (IATA: EOI, ICAO: EGED) is located on Eday in Orkney, Scotland. As it is close to the Bay of London it is known locally as London Airport.^[2] The Bay of London may have been so called because of puffins breeding there: Old Norse lundi = "puffin", Old Norse á Lundunum = "at the puffins".

Eday Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P573) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Orkney Islands Council). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Loganair	Kirkwall, North Ronaldsay

References

External links

Airports of Scotland

Primary	Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow International Glasgow Prestwick Inverness Kirkwall Sumburgh

Regional	Barra Benbecula Broadford Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Cumbernauld Dundee Eday Fair Isle Fife Foula Glasgow Seaplane Terminal Glasgow City Heliport Islay RAF Kinloss Lerwick RAF Leuchars RAF Lossiemouth North Ronaldsay Oban Papa Westray Perth Sanday Scatsta Stornoway Stronsay Tiree Westray Wick

Airports in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

England

Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cambridge Cornwall Doncaster Sheffield Durham Tees Valley East Midlands Exeter Humberside Leeds Bradford Liverpool London City London Gatwick London Heathrow London Luton London Southend London Stansted Manchester Newcastle Norwich Southampton

Smaller	Blackpool Shoreham (Brighton City) Carlisle Cotswold Coventry Gloucestershire Land's End Leicester London Biggin Hill London Oxford Lydd Nottingham St Mary's Wolverhampton

Scotland

Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow International Glasgow Prestwick Inverness

Smaller	Barra Benbecula Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Dundee Eday Fair Isle Islay Kirkwall Lerwick North Ronaldsay Oban Papa Westray Sanday Scatsta Stornoway Stronsay Sumburgh Tiree Westray Wick

Wales

Cardiff

Smaller	Aberporth Anglesey Caernarfon Cardiff Heliport Haverfordwest Hawarden Llanbedr Pembrey Swansea Welshpool

Northern Ireland

Belfast City Belfast International Derry

Smaller	Enniskillen/St Angelo Newtownards

Crown Dependencies

Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

Smaller	Alderney

Overseas Territories

Smaller airports handle domestic, charter or private services only

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