Benbecula Airport

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Benbecula Airport
Port-adhair Beinn na Fadha
IATA: BEB – ICAO: EGPL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Serves Benbecula
Location Balivanich
Elevation AMSL 19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 57°28′52″N 007°21′46″W / 57.48111, -7.36278
Website Benbecula Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,836 6,023 Asphalt
17/35 1,220 4,003 Asphalt
Source: UK AIP at NATS

Benbecula Airport (IATA: BEBICAO: 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.

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