St Mary's Airport (Isles of Scilly)
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| IATA: ISC – ICAO: EGHE | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Operator | Council of the Isles of Scilly | ||
| Serves | Isles of Scilly | ||
| Location | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 119 ft / 36 m | ||
| Coordinates | 49°54′48″N 006°17′30″W / 49.91333°N 6.29167°WCoordinates: 49°54′48″N 006°17′30″W / 49.91333°N 6.29167°W | ||
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 EGHE
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 09/27 | 523 | 1,716 | Asphalt/Grass |
| 14/32 | 600 | 1,969 | Asphalt |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 400 | 1,312 | Grass |
| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] | |||
St Mary's Airport (IATA: ISC, ICAO: EGHE) is an airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK. It is the only airport serving the Isles of Scilly and together with Tresco Heliport handles most of the domestic traffic to mainland Cornwall. The airport on St. Mary's is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
A public footpath passes with a few metres of the southern end of the runway;[2] it is closed by warning lights and bells a few minutes before a take-off or landing is due.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| British International Helicopters | Penzance |
| Isles of Scilly Skybus | Exeter, Land's End, Newquay, Southampton Seasonal: Bristol |
[edit] Incidents
On 16 July 1983 a British Airways passenger helicopter, on a scheduled flight from Penzance Heliport, crashed into the sea 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) short of St Mary's Airport. 19 passengers and one crew member were killed; there were six survivors.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Scilly Isles/St Mary's - EGHE
- ^ "1:25,000 map of St Mary's". Ordnance Survey. http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SV9195410364.
- ^ "Accident Report 8/84". Air Accident Investigation Branch. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/cms_resources/8-1984%20G-BEON.pdf.
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