Tingwall Airport
Tingwall Airport Lerwick/Tingwall Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Shetland Islands Council | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lerwick | ||||||||||
| Location | Gott, Shetland, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 45 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°11′31″N 001°14′37″W / 60.19194°N 1.24361°WCoordinates: 60°11′31″N 001°14′37″W / 60.19194°N 1.24361°W | ||||||||||
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  EGET Location in Shetland | |||||||||||
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Tingwall Airport (IATA: LWK, ICAO: EGET), also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of , 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland's main airport, which is at Sumburgh. It is the one most used for inter-island flights within Shetland.
Tingwall Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P614) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Shetland Islands Council).[3]
It was opened in 1976.[4]
Airlines and destinations[]
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Directflight[5] | Fair Isle, Foula |
Statistics[]
Accidents and incidents[]
In 1996, an air ambulance lost altitude while turning to final approach for Runway 2 in strong and gusting winds, crashing 1.5 km short of the runway. The pilot was killed, and the doctor and nurse in the passenger cabin were injured. (Their patient had already been delivered to Inverness.) Lack of adequate ground lighting or other visual cues during the nighttime approach was a factor.[6]
References[]
- ^ Lerwick/Tingwall - EGET
- ^ UK Airport Statistics: 2007 - annual
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
- ^ "Tingwall-airport-turns-40". Archived from the original on 9 October 2020.
- ^ Directflight Ltd Archived 21 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air Accidents Investigation Branch. "BN2A-26 Islander, G-BEDZ, 19 May 1996". GOV.UK. Department for Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
External links[]
- Shetland Islands Council - Local Air services Archived 16 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Airtask - company contracted to operate inter-island flights in Shetland
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