Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport

Port-adhair Steòrnabhaigh
Summary
Airport typeDomestic
Owner/OperatorHIAL
ServesStornoway, Outer Hebrides
LocationIsle of Lewis
Elevation AMSL26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates58°12′56″N 006°19′52″W / 58.21556°N 6.33111°W / 58.21556; -6.33111
WebsiteStornoway Airport
Map
SYY is located in Outer Hebrides
SYY
SYY
Location in Outer Hebrides
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24[1] 1,000 3,281 Asphalt
18/36 2,088 6,850 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers102,331
Passenger Change 21-22Increase63%
Aircraft Movements (2022)4,516
Movements Change 21-22Increase40%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK 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 of Stornoway[2] 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 (RAF Stornoway) 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.[4]

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 His Majesty's Coastguard. There are privately owned light aircraft based at the airport.

The airport has been used for cross-wind training of large jets, including the Airbus A350.[5] It was also visited in 2008 by future President of the United States Donald Trump, using a private Boeing 727.[6]

  1. ^ "EUROCONTROL - the European AIS Database: Introduction to EAD Basic - Home" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Stornoway - EGPO
  3. ^ UK Annual Airport Statistics
  4. ^ "Highlands and Islands airports". transport.gov.scot. Transport Scotland. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Airbus A350 in training exercise at Stornoway Airport". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Donald Trump pays visit to ancestral home". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2024.