Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport
Port-Adhair Steòrnabhagh

Runway 36 at Stornoway Airport

IATA: SYY – ICAO: EGPO

Summary

Airport type

Private

Operator

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited

Serves

Stornoway, Outer Hebrides

Location

Isle of Lewis

Elevation AMSL

26 ft / 8 m

Coordinates

58°12′56″N 006°19′52″W / 58.21556°N 6.33111°WCoordinates: 58°12′56″N 006°19′52″W / 58.21556°N 6.33111°W

Website

Stornoway Airport

Map

SYY

Location in Outer Hebrides

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06/24 ^[1]	1,000	3,281	Asphalt
18/36	2,315	7,595	Asphalt

Statistics (2015 Provisional)

Passengers	124,996
Passenger Change 14–15	3.5%
Aircraft Movements (2014)	10,909
Movements Change 13–14	1.3%

Sources: UK AIP at NATS^[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority^[3]

Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) is an airfield located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the town of Stornoway^[2] on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was a NATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States.

Stornoway Airport is owned by HIAL, a company controlled by the Scottish Government.

Nowadays the airfield is mainly used for domestic passenger services. The Royal Mail have a daily mail flight. Bristow Helicopters operate helicopters equipped for search and rescue, on behalf of Her Majesty's Coastguard. There are privately owned light aircraft based at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Eastern Airways	Aberdeen
Flybe operated by Loganair	Benbecula, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness

Accident and incidents

On 8 December 1983, a Cessna Citation I (G-UESS) crashed into the sea on approach to Stornoway Airport killing all 10 passengers and crew.^[4]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stornoway Airport.

Stornoway Airport - Official website

Airports of Scotland

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