Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Stornoway Airport
nativename =
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image-width = 240
caption = Runway 36 at Stornoway Airport
IATA = SYY
ICAO = EGPO
type = Public
owner =
operator = Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
city-served = Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
location = Isle of Lewis
elevation-f = 26
elevation-m = 8
coordinates = Coord|58|12|56|N|06|19|52|W|type:airport
website = [http://www.hial.co.uk/stornoway-airport.html Stornoway Airport]
metric-elev =
metric-rwy =
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 3,281
r1-length-m = 1,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 18/36
r2-length-f = 7,218
r2-length-m = 2,200
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Stornoway Airport Airport codes|SYY|EGPO is an airfield located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the burgh of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, off the coast of Scotland. The Royal Air Force maintained an RAF airbase at the site of the airport until 1998.

Stornoway Airport is owned by HIAL, a company controlled by the Scottish Executive. The airfield was first opened in 1937, and used mainly for military purposes. NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stop overs to Greenland and the United States.

Nowadays the airfield is mainly used for passenger services and Royal Mail. CHC Helicopter operate a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, registration G-CGMU, equipped for search and rescue on behalf of HM Coastguard. The helicopter crew have flown on over 2000 callouts since the establishment of the service in May 1987 ["Maritime Coastguard Agency, 2006" [http://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/news/printer.asp?mcga_news_id=102 Stornoway Coastguard Helicopter Passes 2000 Missions] ] .

Approximately 120,000 passengers used the airport in 2006. [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2006Annual/Table_01_Size_of_UK_Airports_2006_Comp_2001.pdf figures] ]

Airlines and destinations

*British Airways
**operated by Loganair (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness) (ends 25 October)
*Eastern Airways (Aberdeen)
*Flybe
**operated by Loganair (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness) (begins 26 October)
*Highland Airways (Benbecula, Inverness)

References

*United Kingdom AIP

External links

* [http://www.hial.co.uk/stornoway-airport.html Stornoway Airport - Official website]


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