Benbecula Airport
Benbecula Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | EGPL |
IATA code | BEB |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 0.5 km north of Balivanich |
Local transport | B892 |
Basic data | |
operator | Highlands and Islands Airports |
Passengers | 32,467 (2016) |
Air freight | 5 t (2016) |
Flight movements |
3,648 (2016) |
Runways | |
06/24 | 1836 m × 46 m asphalt |
17/35 | 1220 m × 46 m asphalt |
Benbecula Airport ( IATA code : BEB , ICAO code : EGPL ) is located on the Hebridean island of Benbecula off the west coast of Scotland and is a small rural airport . The operator and owner is Highlands and Islands Airports Limited .
Airlines and Destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services at Benbecula Airport:
airline | Destination |
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Loganair | Glasgow , Inverness via Stornoway |
Flight operations also include mail freight flights. Furthermore, due to its central location not far from the hospital, the airport is used as a landing pad for rescue helicopters and airplanes. Occasionally, machines of the Royal Air Force also land for refueling or for transport and logistics purposes.
Web links
Commons : Benbecula Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.hial.co.uk/benbecula-airport/destinations/
- ↑ HIAL website ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.