Scatsta Airport

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Scatsta Airport
IATA: SCS - ICAO: EGPM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		SERCO-IAL Ltd. on behalf of BP
Serves		Lerwick
Elevation AMSL		81 ft (25 m)
Coordinates		60°25′58″N, 001°17′46″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	4,462	1,360	Asphalt

Scatsta Airport (IATA: SCS, ICAO: EGPM), is a commercial airport on Shetland in Scotland. It is located 24 miles (39 km) NNW of Lerwick and 5 miles (8 km) SW of Sullom Voe oil terminal.

The airport was first developed in 1940 as RAF Scatsta, a Royal Air Force fighter plane base to support Coastal Command flying boat operations at RAF Sullom Voe, and was the most northerly base in the British Isles.

It was abandoned after World War II, but reinstated as a civilian airport in 1978 to support the Shetland oil industry, and the Sullom Voe oil terminal in particular. It is the fifth largest airport in Scotland, ranked by international passengers.[1]

[edit] See also

• List of airports in the United Kingdom
• List of RAF stations

[edit] References

• United Kingdom AIP

[edit] External links

• World Aero Data airport information for EGPM