Oban Airport North Connel Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Argyll and Bute Council | ||||||||||
| Serves | Oban | ||||||||||
| Location | North Connel, Argyll and Bute | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°27′49″N 005°24′00″W / 56.46361°N 5.40000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | http://obanandtheislesairports.com/ | ||||||||||
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Oban Airport (IATA: OBN, ICAO: EGEO) is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast[1] of Oban, near the village of North Connel, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Operated by Argyll and Bute council, it has a CAA licence as a commercial airport following recent upgrading. Currently[when?] Hebridean Air Services[2] is the only airline based at Oban. It operates scheduled flights on two routes, to the Isles of Colonsay and Islay return and to the Isles of Coll and Tiree return.
Sightseeing flights also operate out of Oban Airport with trips around the Loch Linnhe area. Flights include sites such as Oban, the Gulf of Corryvreckan, Tobermory, Castle Stalker and The Bridge over the Atlantic.
Oban airport links the mainland with the islands of Coll, Colonsay, Islay and Tiree.[3] The airstrips on the Islands of Coll and Colonsay, also operated by Argyll and Bute council, have benefitted from extensive upgrading to enable them to attain CAA licensing in 2008 to allow for commercial traffic.[4] Scheduled flights began in 2008.[5][6]
- ^ a b "NATS - AIS - Home". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Air Charter". Hebridean Air Services. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Destinations". Oban and the Isles Airport. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Oban Airport Gateway to the skies". Argyll and Bute Council. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Islands flights set for take off". BBC News. 10 June 2008.
- ^ "Take-off for 'lifeline' flights". BBC News. 16 June 2008.