Kirkwall Airport

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Kirkwall Airport
IATA: KOI - ICAO: EGPA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Serves		Kirkwall
Elevation AMSL		58 ft (18 m)
Coordinates		58°57′28″N, 002°54′18″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
09/27	4,685	1,428	Asphalt
15/33	2,231	680	Asphalt

Kirkwall Airport (IATA: KOI, ICAO: EGPA) is the main airport serving the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

[edit] Scheduled Services

• British Airways (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Shetland Islands, Wick)
• Loganair (North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Sanday, Westray)

The island is the base station for the Orkney inter-island air service, which is the service operated by Loganair. It links Kirkwall with a series of Orkney Islands Council owned airstrips on the outlying islands, and they are some of the shortest commercial flights known.^{[citation needed]} Other airport users include air ambulance flights, fisheries protection aircraft, the Northern Lighthouse Board helicopter, and various charter flights.

[edit] References

• United Kingdom AIP

[edit] External links

• Official website for Kirkwall Airport
• Map sources for Kirkwall Airport