Sumburgh Airport
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the island of Shetland, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM south of Lerwick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “EGPB”, “LSI”, “Sumburgh”, and “Sumburgh Cape”
- Postal code: ZE3 9JP
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jarlshof and Old Scatness.
Jarlshof
Nature reserve
Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Old Scatness
Archaeological site
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Scatness is an archeological site on Scat Ness, near the village of Scatness, in the parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, near Sumburgh Airport.
Little Holm
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Holm is a small island to the west of South Mainland in Shetland. It is near Scatness and Lady's Holm. A trawler was wrecked there in 1916.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sumburgh and Scatness.
Sumburgh
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.
Scatness
Village
Photo: Douglas Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport.
Exnaboe
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie.
Sumburgh Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.87711° or 59° 52′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.29384° or 1° 17′ 38″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Operator
Highlands and Islands Airports LimitedIATA airport code
LSIICAO airport code
EGPBOpen location code
9CFWVPG4+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 114540097OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6296622Wikidata ID
Q1432932
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sumburgh Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Chinese: “薩姆堡機場”
- Chinese: “設得蘭島薩姆堡（LSI）”
- Chinese: “设得兰岛萨姆堡（LSI）”
- Czech: “Letiště Sumburgh”
- Danish: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Dutch: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Esperanto: “EGPB”
- Esperanto: “Flughaveno Sumburgh”
- Esperanto: “LSI”
- Finnish: “Sumburghin lentoasema”
- French: “aérodrome de Royaume Uni”
- French: “Aeroport de Sumburgh”
- French: “aéroport de Sumburgh”
- French: “Aéroport de sumburgh”
- French: “Aéroport de Sumburgh”
- French: “Aéroport De Sumburgh”
- French: “EGPB”
- French: “LSI”
- French: “SUMBURGH”
- German: “Flughafen Sumburgh”
- German: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Indonesian: “EGPB”
- Indonesian: “LSI”
- Italian: “aeroporto di Sumburgh”
- Japanese: “サンバーグ空港”
- Japanese: “サンバラ空港”
- Japanese: “サンボロー空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sumburgh”
- Persian: “EGPB”
- Persian: “LSI”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سامبرا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سومبرگ”
- Piemontese: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Sumburgh”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Sumburgh”
- Russian: “Аэропорт Самбург”
- Russian: “Самборо”
- Russian: “Самбург (аэропорт)”
- Scots: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port-adhair Sumburgh (Sealtainn)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port-adhair Sumburgh”
- Slovak: “Letisko Sumburgh”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sumburgh”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Sumburgh”
- Swedish: “Sumburgh Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сумбрг”
- Turkish: “Sumburgh Havalimanı”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sumburgh and Grutness.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Norse Settlement and Wheelhouses.
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