Stornoway Airport

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.

Stornoway Airport Port-adhair Steòrnabhaigh
IATA: SYY ICAO: EGPO
Summary
Airport type	Domestic
Owner/Operator	HIAL
Serves	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
Location	Isle of Lewis
Elevation AMSL	26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	58°12′56″N 006°19′52″W
Website	hial.co.uk
Map
SYY Location in Outer Hebrides
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24[1] 1,000 3,281 Asphalt 18/36 2,088 6,850 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 102,331 Passenger change 21-22 63% Aircraft movements (2022) 4,516 Movements change 21-22 40%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[3]

History

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 also has been used for cross-wind training of large jets, including the Airbus A350.^[4]

Stornoway Airport is owned by HIAL, a company controlled by the Scottish Government.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Hebridean Air Services	Benbecula[6]
Loganair	Edinburgh,[7] Glasgow,[8] Inverness,[8] Manchester,[a] Southampton[b][9][10][better source needed]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Royal Mail[11]	Glasgow

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Stornoway (2022)^[12]

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Change 2021 / 22
1	Glasgow	61,736	86.9%
2	Inverness	17,769	40.2%
3	Edinburgh	16,566	115.8%
4	Benbecula	5,009	31.5%

Accident and incidents

• On 8 December 1983, a Cessna Citation I (G-UESS) crashed into the sea on approach to Stornoway Airport, killing all 10 passengers and crew.^[13]

Notes

1. Manchester service is a continuation of the Inverness service as the same flight number
2. Southampton service is a continuation of the Edinburgh service as the same flight number