Tiree Airport
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Tiree Airport
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| IATA: TRE – ICAO: EGPU | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Balemartine, Argyll and Bute | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 38 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www |
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Tiree Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Thiriodh) (IATA: TRE, ICAO: EGPU) is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north northeast of Balemartine on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
The airport is served by a scheduled service from Glasgow, operated by a Loganair Twin Otter.
Contents
History
The airfield is the former Royal Air Force Station Tiree which was requisitioned in 1940 and became operational in April 1942 before being transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1947.[2]
The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point:
- No. 224 Squadron RAF.[3]
- No. 281 Squadron RAF.[4]
- No. 304 Squadron RAF.[5]
- No. 518 Squadron RAF.[6]
- 819 Naval Air Squadron.[7]
- 845 Naval Air Squadron.[7]
- 1840 Naval Air Squadron.[7]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Flybe operated by Loganair |
Glasgow-International |
| Hebridean Air Services | Oban, Coll |
References
Citations
- ↑ Tiree - EGPU
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 73.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 83.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 85.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 95.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bibliography
- Jefford, C.G, MBE, BA, RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
External links
- Map sources for Tiree Airport
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from May 2013
- Use British English from May 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text
- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- Airports in Scotland
- Transport in Argyll and Bute
- Buildings and structures in Argyll and Bute
- Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
- Tiree
- Airports established in 1942
