Tiree Airport

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Tiree Airport
Port-adhair Thirioah

Tiree Airport

IATA: TRE – ICAO: EGPU

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited

Location

Balemartine, Argyll and Bute

Elevation AMSL

38 ft / 12 m

Coordinates

56°29′57″N 006°52′09″W / 56.49917°N 6.86917°WCoordinates: 56°29′57″N 006°52′09″W / 56.49917°N 6.86917°W

Website

www.hial.co.uk/tiree-airport/

Map

EGPU

Location in Argyll and Bute

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	1,472	4,829	Asphalt
11/29	799	2,621	Asphalt
17/35	792	2,598	Concrete

Sources: UK AIP at NATS^[1]

Tiree Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Thiriodh) (IATA: TRE, ICAO: EGPU) is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north northeast of Balemartine on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

The airport is served by a scheduled service from Glasgow, operated by a Loganair Twin Otter.

History

The airfield is the former Royal Air Force Station Tiree which was requisitioned in 1940 and became operational in April 1942 before being transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1947.^[2]

The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point:

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Flybe operated by Loganair	Glasgow
Hebridean Air Services	Oban, Coll

References

Citations

↑ Tiree - EGPU
↑ "RAF Tiree airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 73.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 83.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 85.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 95.
1 2 3 "Tiree (Reef)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

Bibliography

Jefford, C.G, MBE, BA, RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

Map sources for Tiree Airport

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