Stornoway Airport

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Stornoway Airport
IATA: SYY - ICAO: EGPO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Serves		Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
Elevation AMSL		26 ft (8 m)
Coordinates		58°12′56″N, 06°19′52″W
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 RAF maintained a base at 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. Bristow Helicopters operate a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, G-BIMU equipped for search and rescue on behalf of HM Coastguard. This helicopter will soon be replaced with a Sikorsky S-92 operated by CHC Helicopter. The Bristow crew has flown on over 2000 callouts since the establishment of the service in May 1987^[1].

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• British Airways
  • operated by Loganair (Edinburgh, Inverness, Glasgow)
• Eastern Airways (Aberdeen)
• Highland Airways (Barra, Benbecula, Inverness)

[edit] References

1. ^ Maritime Coastguard Agency, 2006 Stornoway Coastguard Helicopter Passes 2000 Missions

• United Kingdom AIP

[edit] External link

• Stornoway Airport