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
Website	Stornoway Airport
Map
SYY Location in Outer Hebrides
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,000 3,281 Asphalt 18/36 2,315 7,595 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 129,481 Passenger change 13–14 5.8% Aircraft Movements 10,909 Movements change 13–14 1.3%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) is an airfield located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the town of Stornoway 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-International, 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.

External links

• Stornoway Airport - Official website