Kirkwall Airport

Kirkwall Airport
IATA: KOI ICAO: EGPA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Serves	Mainland, Orkney
Location	Kirkwall
Elevation AMSL	58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	58°57′29″N 002°54′02″W / 58.95806°N 2.90056°W / 58.95806; -2.90056Coordinates: 58°57′29″N 002°54′02″W / 58.95806°N 2.90056°W / 58.95806; -2.90056
Website	Kirkwall Airport
Map
EGPA Location in Orkney
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,428 4,685 Asphalt 14/32 680 2,231 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 163,029 Passenger Change 15-16 1.7% Aircraft Movements 14,539 Movements Change 15-16 2.4%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	163,029
Passenger Change 15-16	1.7%
Aircraft Movements	14,539
Movements Change 15-16	2.4%

Kirkwall Airport (IATA: KOI, ICAO: EGPA) is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Flybe franchise service, operated by Loganair.

The airport was built and commissioned in 1940 as RAF Grimsetter for the defence of the Scapa Flow naval base. In 1943 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm took over, as RNAS Kirkwall then HMS Robin. Control passed in 1948 to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and in 1986 to Highlands and Islands Airports.