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Benbecula Airport

Coordinates: 57°28′52″N 007°21′46″W / 57.48111°N 7.36278°W / 57.48111; -7.36278
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Benbecula Airport

Port-adhair Bheinn na Faoghla
Airport buildings
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorHighlands and Islands Airports Limited
ServesBenbecula
LocationBalivanich
Elevation AMSL19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates57°28′52″N 007°21′46″W / 57.48111°N 7.36278°W / 57.48111; -7.36278
WebsiteBenbecula Airport
Map
EGPL is located in Outer Hebrides
EGPL
EGPL
Location in Scotland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,836 6,023 Asphalt
17/35 1,220 4,003 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Movements4,478
Passengers31,364
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Benbecula Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bheinn na Faoghla) (IATA: BEB, ICAO: EGPL) is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

Airlines and destinations

The airport provides scheduled services to the Scottish mainland and other Hebridean islands. In so doing it provides vital transport connections for the islands of Benbecula, North Uist and South Uist, which are interlinked by causeway but are over two hours from the mainland by sea. The airport is also used by emergency air ambulance flights and by flights supporting the nearby missile test range.

AirlinesDestinations
Flybe
operated by Loganair
Glasgow, Inverness (via Stornoway) Stornoway (All end 31 August 2017)
Loganair Glasgow, Inverness (via Stornoway) Stornoway (all begin 1 September 2017

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