Land's End Airport
Land's End Airport Ayrborth Penn an Wlas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 50°06′10″N 005°40′14″W / 50.10278°N 5.67056°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Land's End Airport (
The airport has a CAA Private Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P568) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction for daytime use only as authorised by the licensee.[5]
History
On 1 February 1947, the airline and the service were taken over by
Between 1966 and 1970, Scillonia Airways operated from the airport, flying Rapides. Westward Airways was founded at the airport in 1970,[9] and operated a flying school there from 1971 to 2009.[6]
In 1984, Isles of Scilly Skybus started operations at the airport, initially freight and charter, then scheduled services from April 1987,[9] flying Islanders and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.[6] Skybus became the sole remaining air link for the Isles of Scilly from October 2012, when the helicopter service from Penzance ended.[10]
On 9 April 2013, a new £1 million passenger terminal was officially opened. Work had begun in July 2012 and included new baggage handling and arrivals facilities and a new
Resurfacing
Up to 2014, all of the airport's runways were grass. During the winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14 the airport closed for long periods when the runways became waterlogged, and flights were temporarily moved from Land's End to Newquay.[10]
In May 2013, ISSC and the Council of the Isles of Scilly submitted a bid for finance from the European Regional Development Fund for runway resurfacing at Land's End, together with various improvements at St Mary's.[12] In May 2014, the European Commission gave its approval. The cost of the planned asphalting at Land's End was stated to be £2.6M,[13] for which the European fund's contribution was £1.3M.
The airport closed on 4 July 2014 for the asphalting of two runways, with Skybus flights diverted to Newquay, and it reopened on 29 July.[1]
Airline and destination
Airlines | Destinations |
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St Mary's
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Other operations
Skybus provides scenic flights around south west Cornwall using Britten Norman Islander aircraft.[14] Trinity House also have a depot at the airfield.
Traffic statistics
Passengers and aircraft movements
Year
|
Passengers[a]
|
Passengers
% change |
Aircraft[b]
|
Aircraft
% change |
Freight
(tonnes) |
Freight
% change |
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2015 | 54,169 | 10,425 | 69 | |||
2016 | 64,804 | 19.6 | 11,189 | 7.3 | 71 | 2.9 |
2017 | 59,386 | 8.4 | 10,062 | 10.1 | 70 | 1.4 |
2018 | 64,216 | 8.1 | 11,511 | 14.4 | 65 | 7.1 |
2019 | 64,056 | 0.2 | 11,177 | 2.9 | 71 | 9.2 |
2020 | 34,673 | 45.9 | 6,297 | 43.7 | 83 | 16.9 |
2021 | 53,211 | 53.5 | 7,539 | 19.7 | 94 | 13.3 |
2022 | 63,737 | 19.8 | 9,169 | 21.6 | 98 | 4.3 |
2023 | 54,517 | 14.4 | 7,475 | 18.5 | 83 | 15.3 |
Routes
Rank | Airport | Total passengers |
Change 2022/23 |
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1 | St Mary's |
n/a | |
2 | Exeter | 99 | 106.3% |
3 | Newquay | 52 | 550.0% |
Transport connections
Skybus operate a shuttle bus from Penzance railway station to the airport. It is possible to book combined rail and air tickets.[16]
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Land's End Airport reopens after runway work". BBC News. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ a b Lands End/St Just – EGHC
- ^ a b "Annual airport data 2023: Tables 3.1, 9 and 13.1.pdf". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Hard runway at Land's End Airport 'vital'". BBC News. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ CAA Aerodrome Licence
- ^ a b c "An anniversary of flights between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly". Cornwall Life. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-0951895849.
- ^ Lo Bao and Hutchison (2002), pp. 11–17.
- ^ a b Wickstead, Maurice (April 2008). "Bound for Lyonesse: The History of Flying in the Isles of Scilly" (PDF). Light Aviation. Light Aircraft Association. pp. 31–33. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b "European red tape delays airport's vital runway improvement project". Mid Devon Gazette. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "New Terminal for Land's End", Airliner World, p. 6, June 2013
- ^ "£6m upgrade of airports 'on the way to implementation'". The Cornishman. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Runway and terminal works for Land's End to Scilly flights get go ahead from European Commission". The Cornishman. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Skybus".
- ^ "Annual airport data 2023". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Tables 12.1.pdf and 12.2.pdf. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Isles of Scilly 2014 Islands Guide". Simply Scilly. Retrieved 25 March 2014.