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Papa Stour Airport

Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of on the island of . , Scotland.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Papa Stour Airstrip”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Forewick Holm.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in , with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.

Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between and the of . It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.

Islet
is a tiny tidal islet in the western Shetland Islands. It is due east of , to which it is connected at low tide, just outside Housa Voe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.

Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the island of , in , Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of . A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at , and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.

Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, . was a civil parish, which also included the island of a mile northwest across Papa Sound.

Papa Stour Airport

Latitude
60.3217° or 60° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
-1.69306° or 1° 41′ 35″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
IATA airport code
PSV
ICAO airport code
EGSZ
Open location code
9CGW88C4+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042040988
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7670765
Wiki­data ID
Q24673937
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Papa Stour Airport” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hurdiback and Norby.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hill of Feilie and Papa Stour Kirk.

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