Stornoway Airport Port-adhair Steòrnabhaigh | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Domestic | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | HIAL | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Stornoway,Outer Hebrides | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Isle of Lewis, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°12′56″N006°19′52″W / 58.21556°N 6.33111°W /58.21556; -6.33111 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  SYY Location in Outer Hebrides | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: UKAIP atNATS[2] Statistics from theUK Civil Aviation Authority[3] | |||||||||||||||
Stornoway Airport (IATA:SYY,ICAO:EGPO) (Scottish Gaelic:Port-adhair Steòrnabhaigh) is an airfield located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the town ofStornoway[2] on theIsle of Lewis, inScotland.
The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. TheRoyal Air Force had an air base (RAF Stornoway) there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was aNATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over theNorth Atlantic and for stopovers en route toGreenland and theUnited States.[citation needed]
Nowadays the airfield is mainly used for domestic passenger services. TheRoyal Mail have a daily mail flight.Bristow Helicopters operate helicopters equipped for search and rescue, on behalf ofHis Majesty's Coastguard. There are privately owned light aircraft based at the airport. The airport also has been used for cross-wind training of large jets, including theAirbus A350.[4]
Stornoway Airport is owned byHIAL, a company controlled by theScottish Government.[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Hebridean Air Services | Benbecula[6] |
| Loganair | Edinburgh,[7]Glasgow,[8]Inverness,[8]Manchester,[a]Southampton[b][9][10][better source needed] |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Loganair | Benbecula,[11]Glasgow[12] |
| Rank | Airport | Total passengers | Change 2021 / 22 |
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| 1 | Glasgow | 61,736 |  86.9% |
| 2 | Inverness | 17,769 | 40.2% |
| 3 | Edinburgh | 16,566 | 115.8% |
| 4 | Benbecula | 5,009 |  31.5% |
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