Unst Airport

Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services.

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Type: Aerodrome
Description: airport on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Baltasound Airport”, “EGPW”, and “Unst Baltasound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Unst and Ordaal, Unst.

Unst

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Unst is the most northerly inhabited island of the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a population of 632 in 2011. Life here was traditionally based on herring fishing: the herring now are sparse but small-scale fishing continues, along with sheep farming.

Ordaal, Unst

House

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Ordaal, Unst is a house.

Buness House, Baltasound, Unst

Building

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Buness House, Baltasound, Unst is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltasound and Hamar.

Baltasound

Village

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Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.