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Fair Isle Airport

Fair Isle, United Kingdom

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223 ft

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Location

Fair Isle · SCT · United Kingdom

Position

59.535°, -1.629° · 223 ft elev.

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Remote Scottish island's lifeline air link to the mainland.

Location

Fair Isle, United Kingdom

Fair Isle Airport is a small, grass-strip aerodrome serving Fair Isle, one of the most remote inhabited islands in the United Kingdom, located between Orkney and Shetland in Scotland. The airport provides a vital transport link for the island's small resident population, which numbers fewer than 100 people, connecting them to Tingwall Airport near Lerwick on the Shetland Mainland. The aerodrome consists of a basic grass runway and minimal facilities, reflecting the island's sparse population and limited traffic volume. Loganair operates scheduled services to and from Fair Isle, making it one of the airline's most northerly and remote routes. The island is internationally renowned as a birdwatching destination, and the airport also supports visits by ornithologists and naturalists drawn to the famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory.

Terminals

The airport has no formal terminal building; passenger facilities are extremely basic, befitting its remote island setting.

Getting to & from

There is no formal public ground transport on Fair Isle; the island is small enough to traverse on foot or by private vehicle.

Airlines here

Loganair operates scheduled services connecting Fair Isle to Tingwall (Shetland) and occasionally Kirkwall (Orkney).

Notable facts

›Fair Isle is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the UK, lying roughly equidistant between Orkney and Shetland.
›The airport serves a resident population of fewer than 100 people.
›The runway is a grass strip, making operations weather-dependent and suitable only for small aircraft.
›Fair Isle is world-famous for birdwatching, and the airport supports visits to the Fair Isle Bird Observatory.
›Loganair's Fair Isle route is among the shortest and most remote scheduled services it operates.

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