Benbecula Airport

Benbecula Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Benbecula Airport
nativename = Port-adhair Beinn na Fadha
nativename-a =
nativename-r =



image-width = 180px
caption = Airport buildings
IATA = BEB
ICAO = EGPL
type = Public
owner =
operator = Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
city-served = Benbecula
location = Balivanich
elevation-f = 19
elevation-m = 6
coordinates = Coord|57|28|52|N|007|21|46|W|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.hial.co.uk/benbecula-airport.html Benbecula Airport]
metric-rwy = Y
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 6,023
r1-length-m = 1,836
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 17/35
r2-length-f = 4,003
r2-length-m = 1,220
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year =
stat1-header =
stat1-data =
stat2-header =
stat2-data =
footnotes = Source: UK AIP at NATS

Benbecula Airport Airport codes|BEB|EGPL is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

The airport provides scheduled services to the Scottish mainland and other Hebridean islands. In so doing it provides vital transport connections for the islands of Benbecula, North Uist and South Uist, which are interlinked by causeway but are over two hours from the mainland by sea. The airport is also used by emergency air ambulance flights, and by flights supporting the nearby missile test range.

Airlines and Destinations

*British Airways
**operated by Loganair (Barra, Glasgow) [ends 25 October]
*Flybe
**operated by Loganair (Barra, Glasgow) [begins 26 October]
*Highland Airways (Stornoway)

External links

* [http://www.hial.co.uk/benbecula-airport.html Benbecula Airport - Official website]

References

*United Kingdom AIP


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