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Sumburgh Airport

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For the previous military use of this facility during World War II, see RAF Sumburgh.

Sumburgh Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorHIAL
ServesShetland
LocationSumburgh, Shetland, Scotland
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates59°52′53″N 01°17′38″W / 59.88139°N 1.29389°W / 59.88139; -1.29389
WebsiteSumburgh Airport
Map
EGPB is located in Shetland
EGPB
EGPB
Location in Shetland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 1,426 4,678 Asphalt
09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
06/24 550 1,804 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers247,538
Passenger Change 21-22Increase35%
Aircraft Movements11,311
Movements change 21-22Increase21%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Sumburgh Airport (IATA: LSI, ICAO: EGPB) is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM (31 km; 20 mi) south of Lerwick.[1] The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) and served by Loganair.

On 1 April 1995, ownership of the Company transferred from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to the Secretary of State for Scotland and subsequently to the Scottish Ministers. HIAL receives subsidies from the Scottish Ministers in accordance with Section 34 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and is sponsored by Transport Scotland which is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government and accountable to Scottish Ministers.

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History

Sumburgh Links was surveyed and the grass strips laid out by Captain E. E. Fresson of Highland Airways in 1936: the airport was opened on 3 June of that year with the inaugural flight from Aberdeen (Kintore) by the De Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ACPN piloted by Fresson himself. It was also one of the first airfields to have RDF facilities, due to the frequency of low cloud and fog and the proximity of Sumburgh Head. The runways were built at the instigation of Capt. Fresson, who had proved to the Navy at Hatston (Orkney) that to maintain all-round landing facilities over the winter months runways were essential. This was taken up by the RAF after the obvious success of the Hatston experiment.

The former RAF Sumburgh airfield had three runways, two of which, although extended, remain in use by the present airport. The longest was originally 800 yd (730 m), and the shorter ran for 600 yd (550 m) from shoreline to shoreline. No. 404 Squadron operated Beaufighter Mark VI and X aircraft from this station on coastal raids against Axis shipping off the coast of Norway and in the North Sea. The airport is unusual in that it has a 550 m (1,804 ft) helicopter runway as opposed to usual helipad. The western end of runway 09/27 crosses the A970 road between Sumburgh (including the airport) and the northern mainland; access is controlled by a level crossing with barriers closed whenever a flight is taking off or landing.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Loganair Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Kirkwall, London–Heathrow[a]
Seasonal: Bergen

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Royal Mail Glasgow,[3] Kirkwall[3]

Other tenants

The airport is additionally used as an operational base by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (His Majesty's Coastguard), Bristow Helicopters and Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore (SAR and crew change operations).

Ground transport

The airport is located 25 miles (40 km) by road from Lerwick. Bus service 6, operated by J&DS Halcrow of Cunningsburgh, provides a regular link between the airport and the town seven days per week. In the evening, the service is run by Yell-based operator, R. Robertson & Son.[4]

Road crossing of A970 with Sumburgh airport's runway. The movable barrier closes when aircraft land or take off.

Statistics

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Busiest routes to and from Sumburgh (2022)[5]
Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Change from 2021
1 Aberdeen 92,842 Increase 28.2%
2 Edinburgh 35,830 Increase 98.1%
3 Glasgow 21,468 Increase 128.3%
4 Kirkwall 8,967 Decrease 37.2%
5 Inverness 7,972 Increase 869.8%
6 Bergen 1,643 Increase New Route
7 London–City 1,541 Increase New Route
8 Dundee 1,334 Increase New Route

Incidents and accidents

  • 10 January 1977: Hawker Siddeley 748 G-AZSU, operated by Dan-Air and flying an unscheduled service from Belfast-Aldergrove, failed to stop in the landing distance available and overshot the runway. The aircraft sustained minor damage when the nose-wheel undercarriage collapsed. There were no injuries.
  • 31 July 1979: Crash of Dan-Air Flight 0034, a Hawker Siddeley 748 series 1 (registration G-BEKF) operating an oil industry support flight. The aircraft failed to become airborne and crashed into the sea. The accident was due to the elevator gust-lock having become re-engaged, preventing the aircraft from rotating into a flying attitude. The aircraft was destroyed and 17 people died.
  • 29 March 1981: Potez 840 F-BMCY operated by Club Aéronautique de Paris made a wheels-up landing at Sumburgh. Damage was minimal and the aircraft was parked on a stand for many months. The four Astazou engines and other useful parts were removed and the airframe dragged off to a quiet corner of the airfield to be abandoned. When the runway was extended it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland. Only 8 Potez 840s were built.
  • 6 November 1986: British International Helicopters Chinook crash. A Boeing 234LR Chinook helicopter crashed 2.5 mi (4.0 km) east of the airport. Only two people survived with 45 lives being lost.
  • 11 June 2006 Air Accidents Investigation Branch recommended a safety audit of City Star Airlines after a serious incident in which a Dornier 328 crew flew close to cliffs and failed to respond correctly to terrain warnings on approach to Sumburgh Airport after a flight from Aberdeen. The aircraft landed safely. The captain involved was suspended and asked to resign after an investigation.[6]
  • 23 August 2013: A Super Puma AS332 L2, operated by CHC for Total, carrying 16 passengers and 2 crew from the Borgsten Dolphin oil platform, crashed about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the airport at 18:17 BST. The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch identified the lack of effective monitoring of flight instruments as a cause of the crash.[7] Four of those aboard were killed.[8]
  • 15 December 2014: Loganair Flight 6780 was a flight from Aberdeen to Shetland, which was struck by lightning during an attempt to land at Sumburgh Airport. The aircraft went in a steep dive before the pilots were able to recover. The flight diverted to Aberdeen.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ London–Heathrow service is a continuation of the Dundee service as the same flight number

References

  1. ^ a b "NATS - AIS - Home". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ "UK airport data: Tables 3, 9 and 13.pdf". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Loganair secures new Royal Mail contract". BBC News. 31 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Lerwick to Sumburgh". Bus Times.
  5. ^ "Airport Data 2022". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Tables 12.1(XLS) and 12.2 (XLS). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ Flight International 20–26 March 2007
  7. ^ "Aircraft Accident Report AAR 1/2016 - G-WNSB, 23 August 2013". Air Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Shetland helicopter crash: Four dead named". BBC News. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  9. ^ Aircraft Accident Report 2/2016. AAIB.
  10. ^ Staff Writers (15 March 2018). "Thunderstruck | Flight Safety Australia". Retrieved 25 May 2021.

External links

Media related to Sumburgh Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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