Sumburgh Airport

Sumburgh Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGPB
IATA code	LSI
Coordinates	59 ° 52 '44 "  N , 1 ° 17' 44"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 52 '44 "  N , 1 ° 17' 44"  W.
Height above MSL	6 m (20  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	31 km south of Lerwick
Street
Basic data
opening	1936
operator	Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Terminals	1
Passengers	250,407 (2016)
Air freight	306 t (2016)
Flight movements	21,129 (2016)
Runways
09/27	1500 m × 45 m asphalt
15/33	1426 m × 46 m asphalt
06/24 (only helicopter)	550 m × 45 m asphalt

Sumburgh Airport ( IATA code : LSI , ICAO code : EGPB ) is the largest airport in the Shetland Islands in Scotland . It is located near Sumburgh on the southern end of Mainland Island , 19 miles south of Lerwick. The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. and is served by the airlines Directflight and Loganair .

What is unusual is that the airport has a 550-meter runway specially designed for helicopters instead of an ordinary helicopter landing pad. Due to its proximity to the oil fields in the North Sea, Sumburgh Airport serves as a helicopter base for the offshore industry and is accordingly heavily frequented by their helicopters. The western end of runway 09 crosses the A970 , a country road between Sumburgh Head and the north of the island; Air and individual traffic are regulated by a barrier.

Not far from the airport is the historic Old Scatness site .

Airlines and destinations

With the exception of Bergen (Norway), Sumburgh Airport only serves destinations in Great Britain.

More users

• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Bristow Helicopters
• Bond Helicopters (traffic to the oil rigs)

Incidents

• On July 31, 1979, the Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 ( aircraft registration G-BEKF ) of Dan-Air did not take off when attempting to take off because the elevator was locked. The machine fell into the sea 50 meters behind the coast, killing 17 of the 47 people on board.
• On August 23, 2013, an Aérospatiale AS 332 Super Puma helicopter of the CHC Scotia (G-WNSB) crashed into the North Sea during the approach . Four out of eighteen people died on board.

Web links

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

• Sumburgh Airport - Official Website
• Entry in the Shetlopedia  ( page no longer available )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Terminal and Transit Passengers 2016. (PDF; 82 kB) In: Airport data 2016. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 3 , accessed on May 13, 2017 (English). 
2. ^ Freight 2006-2016 tons. (PDF; 14 kB) In: Airport data 2016. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 2 , accessed on May 13, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Mail 2006-2016 Tonnes. (PDF; 12 kB) In: Airport data 2016. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 2 , accessed on May 13, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ Aircraft Movements 2016. (PDF; 162 kB) In: Airport data 2016. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), p. 2 , accessed on May 13, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ airport-information.co.uk: Airlines at Sumburgh Airport (LSI). Retrieved August 26, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Accident report HS-748 G-BEKF. Aviation Safety Network (English) accessed on January 21, 2016.
7. ^ Report on the accident to AS332 L2 Super Puma helicopter, G-WNSB on approach to Sumburgh Airport on 23 August 2013 . (PDF) In: AAIB Bulletin 4/2016 , p. 3 ff.
8. ^ Accident report Super Puma G-WNSB , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase (English) accessed on December 27, 2016.