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ICAO
FEA
Elevation
263 ft
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Location
Fetlar Island · SCT · United Kingdom
Position
60.603°, -0.873° · 263 ft elev.
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Remote grass airstrip serving Fetlar Island, Shetland.
Location
Fetlar Island, United Kingdom
Fetlar Airstrip is a small, unlit grass airstrip located on Fetlar Island, one of the northernmost islands of the Shetland archipelago in Scotland, United Kingdom. It serves as a lifeline link for the island's small resident population, providing access to essential services and connecting Fetlar with the rest of Shetland.
The airstrip is operated as part of Shetland Islands Council's inter-island air service network, which plays a vital role in maintaining connectivity across the remote and dispersed communities of the Shetland Islands. Given Fetlar's sparse population, scheduled services are infrequent and primarily serve practical community needs rather than tourism or commercial traffic.
Getting to & from
Ground transport on Fetlar is extremely limited, with the island accessible by ferry from Gutcher on Yell; no formal public transport connects the airstrip to other parts of the island.
Airlines here
Airtask (operating on behalf of Shetland Islands Council) has provided inter-island air services to Fetlar as part of the Shetland network.
Notable facts
- ›Fetlar is one of the smallest and most sparsely populated of the Shetland Islands, with a population of around 60 residents.
- ›The airstrip has the ICAO code FEA but no assigned IATA code.
- ›The airstrip is a grass surface and is not lit for night operations.
- ›Fetlar is sometimes called 'the garden of Shetland' due to its relatively fertile land.
- ›Inter-island air services in Shetland are subsidised by Shetland Islands Council to maintain community access.
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