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Unst Airport

Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near , on the island of , 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.

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is the most northerly inhabited island of the , 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.

House
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is a house.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltasound and Hamar.

Village
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is the largest settlement on the island of in , Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the .

Locality
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is a locality.

Hamlet
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or Harold's Wick, is on , Shetland Islands, , and is one of the most northerly settlements in the .

Unst Airport

Latitude
60.7476° or 60° 44′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.85325° or 0° 51′ 12″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
IATA airport code
UNT
Open location code
9CGXP4XW+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3809382958
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
8298959
Wiki­data ID
Q12695410
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Satellite Map

Discover Unst Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Unst Airport” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gerdie and Ordale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baltasound Met Station and Pund of Scarpo.

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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 “Unst Airport”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.