Kirkwall Airport is located at a distance of four and half kilometers to the south east of Kirkwall. The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport serves the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The Kirkwall Airport in Kirkwall in United Kingdom in Europe is a civil airport and is open for public use. The IATA code of Kirkwall Airport in Kirkwall in United Kingdom is KOI and ICAO code of Kirkwall Airport is EGPA.
Kirkwall Airport is the base for the inter-island flight services that has been introduced and is operated by Loganair. Daily mail and newspaper flights also operate from and to various parts of Scotland. The Fisheries Protection aircraft, various charter flights and the Northern Lighthouse Board helicopter uses this airport for their daily operations. Flight services to island airstrips include the Westray to Papa Westray route which is the shortest scheduled air service in the world as the flying time between these two destinations is of less than two minutes. Aircraft operations at Kirkwall Airport are supported by an Air Traffic Control Service. The airport operates till the sun sets on weekdays and on weekends the airport closes an hour before the weekday timings
The destinations from where flights come to Kirkwall are as followed,
- Inverness
- Aberdeen
- Sumburgh
- Westray/Stronsay
- North Ronaldsay
- Papa Westray/Sanday
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
The Kirkwall Airport in Kirkwall in United Kingdom is served by many airlines, which includes,
- Ryanair
- bmi
- British Airways
- Flybe
The facilities offered at the Kirkwall Airport in Kirkwall in United Kingdom includes the following,
- Café cum bar
- Duty free shop
- Departure lounge with televisions
- Public telephones
- Broadband facilities
- Disabled Access Provision
- Baby change facilities
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