Stronsay Airport
Stronsay Airport is located 15 nautical miles northeast by north of Kirkwall Airport on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stronsay Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “EGER” and “SOY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holm of Huip and Papa Stronsay.
Holm of Huip
Islet
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Holm of Huip is a small island in the Orkney Islands, in Spurness Sound to the north west of Stronsay. The Holm has a cairn on it, and a number of grey seals.
Papa Stronsay
Island
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stronsay is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is 74 hectares in size, and 13 metres above sea level at its highest point.
Linga Holm
Island
Photo: Dave Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linga Holm, commonly known as Linga, Midgarth and the Holm of Midgarth is an uninhabited Scottish island extending to approximately 57 hectares situated 700 metres west of Stronsay island in the Orkney archipelago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Stronsay.
Whitehall
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier.
Stronsay
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stronsay is one of the Orkney Islands, with a population in 2011 of 349. It's low-lying, indented by three large bays, with its main settlement at Whitehall.
Backaland
Hamlet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063.
Stronsay Airport
- Categories: commercial traffic aerodrome and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.15501° or 59° 9′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.64157° or 2° 38′ 30″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Operator
Orkney Islands CouncilIATA airport code
SOYICAO airport code
EGEROpen location code
9CFV5945+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 275603823OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
7668200Wikidata ID
Q1945983
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Stronsay Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stronsay Airport”
- French: “aérodrome de Stronsay”
- French: “Aérodrome de Stronsay”
- German: “Stronsay Airport”
- Indonesian: “EGER”
- Indonesian: “SOY”
- Japanese: “ストロンセー島空港”
- Japanese: “ストロンゼー空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Stronsay”
- Persian: “فرودگاه استرونسی”
- Piemontese: “Stronsay Airport”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Stronsay”
- Russian: “Стронсей”
- Swedish: “Stronsay Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи острунси”
- Turkish: “Stronsay Havalimanı”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Stronsay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Links Ness and Woods Yard (old fish curing yard).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stronsay Airport Terminal and Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip.
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