Stornoway Airport

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Stornoway Airport
Runway 36 at Stornoway Airport
IATA: SYY – ICAO: EGPO
Summary
Airport type		Public
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 06°19′52″W / 58.21556, -6.33111
Website		Stornoway Airport
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
07/25	3,281	1,000	Asphalt
18/36	7,218	2,200	Asphalt

Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: 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, callsign 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^[1].

Approxiamately 120,000 passengers used the airport in 2006. figures

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

• United Kingdom AIP

[edit] External links

• Stornoway Airport - Official website

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