Flotta Airport
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Flotta Airstrip”, “Flotta Isle Airport”, and “Flotta Isle Airstrip”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fara and Crockness Martello tower.
Fara
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha…
Crockness Martello tower
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.
Switha
Islet
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Switha is an uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whome and Point of Hackness.
Whome
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.
Flotta Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.82613° or 58° 49′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.14328° or 3° 8′ 36″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)IATA airport code
FLHICAO airport code
EGZROpen location code
9CCRRVG4+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 171768881OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Flotta Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flotta Airport”
- French: “Aéroport de Flotta”
- German: “Flugplatz Flotta”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Flotta”
- Russian: “Флотта (аэропорт)”
- Russian: “Флотта”
- Swedish: “Flotta Airport”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rotten Gutter and West Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Naval cinema (ruins) and Overhowe (site of).
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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 “Flotta Airport”. Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.