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Westray Airport

Westray Airport is an airport at Aikerness, on in the , . Westray Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Aiker Ness Airfield”, “EGEW”, and “WRY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Westray and Knap of Howar.

Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.

Archaeological site
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The on the island of in , , is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe.

Aerodrome
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
is located 22 NM north of on , , . The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierowall.

Village
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is a village of in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern . The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Bay.

Westray Airport

Latitude
59.35084° or 59° 21′ 3″ north
Longitude
-2.95016° or 2° 57′ 1″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Operator
Orkney Islands Council
IATA airport code
WRY
ICAO airport code
EGEW
Open location code
9CFV922X+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 477498501
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7303335
Wiki­data ID
Q2655525
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Westray Airport” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “韋斯特雷機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Westray”
  • Czech: “Westray Airport”
  • Dutch: “Westray Airport”
  • Finnish: “Westrayn lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Westray”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Westray”
  • German: “Westray Airport”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Westray”
  • Indonesian: “EGEW”
  • Indonesian: “WRY”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Westray”
  • Japanese: “ウェストレー空港”
  • Japanese: “ウェストレイ空港”
  • Japanese: “ウエストレイ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Westray”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه وستری”
  • Piemontese: “Westray Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Westray”
  • Russian: “Вестрэй”
  • Russian: “Уэстрей”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи встри”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานเวสตรีย์”
  • Turkish: “Westray Havalimanı”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Westray”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Noust and Aikerness.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Westray Airport Terminal and Cist and Saddle Quern.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westray Airport”. Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.