Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGPO
IATA code	SYY
Coordinates	58 ° 12 '56 "  N , 6 ° 19' 52"  W Coordinates: 58 ° 12 '56 "  N , 6 ° 19' 52"  W.
Height above MSL	8 m (26  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3.7 km east of Stornoway
Local transport	B866
Basic data
opening	1937
operator	Highlands and Islands Airports
Passengers	126,520 (2016)
Air freight	94 t (2016)
Flight movements	10,600 (2016)
Runways
06/24	1000 m × 23 m asphalt
18/36	2315 m × 46 m asphalt

The Stornoway Airport ( IATA code : SYY , ICAO code : EGPO ) is located 3.7 kilometers east of the town of Stornoway on the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . The operator and owner is the Highlands and Islands Airports .

history

The airport opened in 1937 and was mainly used for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base here during the Second World War and from 1972 to 1998 there was a NATO base of operations. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airport was home to the 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO planes used the airport for missions across the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States .

Nowadays the airport is mainly used for domestic transport services. The Royal Mail has one post flight every day. Bristow Helicopters operates a helicopter on behalf of Her Majesty's Coastguard , which is equipped for search and rescue tasks at sea. Several private light aircraft are based at the airport.

Airlines and Destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services at Stornoway Airport:

airline	Destination
Loganair	Benbecula , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Inverness

Incidents

• On December 8, 1983, a Cessna Citation I of the British Trans Europe Air Charter ( aircraft registration G-UESS ) was flown into the sea while approaching Stornoway. This controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) killed all 10 occupants, namely 8 passengers, the pilot and a pilot assistant.

• On January 2, 2015, the pilots of a Saab 340B from the British Loganair (G-LGNL) failed to keep the aircraft on the runway when it took off from Stornoway Airport in strong crosswinds. Even after the machine had left the runway and raced over grass and a closed runway, the captain left the thrust levers at full throttle and only pulled them back after the nose gear had collapsed. The 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers survived the total loss of the machine.

gallery

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  Runway 36 at Stornoway Airport

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  Aerial view of the airport

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  A Loganair Twin Otter (G-BGEN) at Stornoway Airport

Web links

Commons : Stornoway Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 kB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed July 30, 2017 . 
4. ↑ http://www.hial.co.uk/stornoway-airport/destinations/
5. ↑ Accident report Citation I G-UESS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.
6. ^ Accident report Saab 340 G-LGNL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.