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Sumburgh Airport
Sumburgh Airport
IATA: LSI – ICAO: EGPB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL)
Operator		Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL)
Serves		Shetland Islands
Location		Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland
Elevation AMSL		20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		59°52′44″N 01°17′44″W / 59.87889°N 1.29556°W / 59.87889; -1.29556
Website		Sumburgh Airport
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	4,678	1,426	Asphalt
09/27	3,871	1,180	Asphalt
Helipads
Number	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24 Helicopter

Sumburgh Airport (IATA: LSI, ICAO: EGPB) is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Lerwick. The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) and served by Loganair and Highland Airways.

The airport is unusual in that it has a 550 m (1,804 ft) helicopter runway as opposed to usual helipad.

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 the Transport Directorate which is one of the Finance and Sustainable Growth Directorates of the Scottish Government. Annual Reports and Accounts are submitted to the Scottish Ministers.

The airport is served by Loganair, (under franchise to FlyBe), Highland Airways, and sometimes seasonally by Atlantic Airways.

Airlines and destinations

Other tenants

• Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Her Majesty's Coastguard)
• Bristow Helicopters
• Bond Helicopters (Private SAR for BP)

Incidents and accidents

• UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch have 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^[1].

• 31st July 1979. Dan-Air Flight 0034 (HS748 G-BEKF) crashed during take off at the east end of runway 09, with the loss of 17 lives^[2].

• 6th November 1986. 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash. A Boeing 234LR Chinook helicopter crashed 2.5 miles north east of the airport. Only two people survived with 45 lives being lost.

• On 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. However, then the four Astazou engines and other useful parts were removed and the 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.

See also

• RAF Sumburgh

External links

• Sumburgh Airport - Official website
• Illustrated entry in Shetlopedia
• Photographs of aircraft at Sumburgh Airport
• Information on World War II aircraft that crashed in and around Shetland

References

1. ^ Flight International 20-26 March 2007
2. ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790731-0&lang=en

• UK AIP

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