Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport is an airfield that is situated within 2 NM (3.7 km; and 2.3 mi) at the east side of the town of Stornoway, right on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Stornoway Airport is a domestic type of airport which serves Stornoway, and the Outer Hebrides. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited own Stornoway Airport, also shortly referred to as a HIAL, which is a company controlled and managed by the Scottish Government. The airport codes are IATA: SYY, and ICAO: EGPO. The SYY airport holds two runways, 06/24 with 1,000 m (3,281 ft) length, and another 18/36, which are 2,315 m (7,595 ft) length.

Stornoway Airport

Overview of Stornoway Airport

Stornoway Airport is an airfield that is situated within 2 NM (3.7 km; and 2.3 mi) at the east side of the town of Stornoway, right on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Stornoway Airport is a domestic type of airport which serves Stornoway, and the Outer Hebrides. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited own Stornoway Airport, also shortly referred to as a HIAL, which is a company controlled and managed by the Scottish Government. The airport codes are IATA: SYY, and ICAO: EGPO. The SYY airport holds two runways, 06/24 with 1,000 m (3,281 ft) length, and another 18/36, which are 2,315 m (7,595 ft) length.

Nowadays, SYY airfield is generally used for domestic passenger services. Besides, the Royal Mail has a daily running mail flight. At Stornoway Airport, Bristow Helicopters operate their helicopters, which are equipped for rescue and search, on behalf of Her Majesty's Coastguard. Also, at SYY airport, there are some privately owned light aircraft that are based at the SYY airport property.

Airlines and Destinations

At Stornoway Airport, Longair Airlines operate flights and serves passengers of a domestic airport. Loganair is running between the following destinations, such as Benbecula, Glasgow, Inverness, Edinburgh, and Manchester. Besides the passenger flight services, Stornoway Airport operates cargo charters via Royal Mail, serving Benbecula and Inverness. Moreover, KLM and British Airways fly direct to Stornoway Airport.

Stornoway Airport Statistics

According to the statistics of 2018, Stornoway Airport carried around 135,700 passengers, while the SYY airport handled approximately 10,570 aircraft movements. In the same year, the busiest routes that were operated via the SYY, to and from the Stornoway Airport are categorized as follows: Glasgow with the overall number of 75,862 passengers, Inverness with 27,574 passengers, Edinburgh with about 17,861 passengers, Benbecula with 9,259 passengers, Aberdeen with around 5,961 passengers, and Manchester with 778 passengers.

Stornoway Airport History

In 1937, the first airfield of Stornoway was opened. The SYY airfield was used mainly for military purposes. Later, the Royal Air Force had the main airbase during the Second World War. Moreover, the SYY airfield right from the 1972s until the 1998s it was a NATO operating base. NATO aircraft used the Stornoway Airport for military missions over the North Atlantic, as well as for stopovers to Greenland and the United States. However, from 1960 to 1983, during the Cold War, the airfield was the home for the 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (referred to as RAF).