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Campbeltown Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Cheann Loch Chille Chiarain) (IATA: CAL, ICAO: EGEC) is located at Machrihanish, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. The airport was formerly known as RAF Machrihanish (after the village of Machrihanish) and hosted squadrons of the Royal Air Force and other NATO air forces as well as the United States Marine Corps. The airport is at a strategic point near the Irish Sea, and was used to guard the entrance to the Firth of Clyde where US nuclear submarines were based at Holy Loch and where Royal Navy Trident missile submarines are still based at HMNB Clyde (Faslane Naval Base).
Campbeltown Airport Port-adhair Cheann Loch Chille Chiarain RAF Machrihanish MoD Machrihanish | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC) | ||||||||||
| Operator | HIAL (public airport) MACC Developments Ltd. (former airbase) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Campbeltown | ||||||||||
| Location | Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°26′15″N 005°41′17″W | ||||||||||
| Website | Campbeltown Airport | ||||||||||
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The United States Navy handed the airfield back to the MoD on 30 June 1995, marking the end of its service as a NATO facility since 1960. The airbase was sold to Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC) in May 2012, and two thirds of the runway is leased to Highlands and Islands Airports for Campbeltown Airport.
At 3,049 m (10,003 ft), the original runway 11/29 at Campbeltown Airport is the longest of any public airport in Scotland. It was built between 1960 and 1962 as part of a major reconstruction for the airport's role in NATO.
Campbeltown Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P808) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Highlands & Islands Airports Limited)[3]
Airline and destination
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Loganair | Glasgow |
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Incidents and accidents
- On 15 March 2005, a Britten-Norman Islander air ambulance flying an approach into Campbeltown in low clouds crashed into the sea 7.7 miles from the Campbeltown airport, killing both occupants, the pilot and the paramedic. The air ambulance had been sent to Campbeltown to transport a patient to Glasgow for surgery.[4]
References
- Campbeltown - EGEC
- Annual UK Airport Statistics: 2014 - annual Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Formal Report AAR 2/2006 Report on the accident to Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander, G-BOMG, West-north-west of Campbeltown Airport, Scotland, on 15 March 2005. 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
External links
- http://www.hial.co.uk/campbeltown-airport/ Official website
На других языках
[de] Campbeltown Airport
Der Campbeltown Airport (IATA-Code: CAL, ICAO-Code: EGEC; schottisch-gälisch auch Port-adhair Cheann Loch Chille Chiarain genannt) ist ein Verkehrsflughafen auf der schottischen Halbinsel Kintyre an der Westküste Schottlands. Der Flughafen liegt nahe der Kleinstadt Campbeltown, er entstand auf dem Gelände des früheren Militärflugplatz Royal Air Force Station Machrihanish, kurz RAF Machrihanish.- [en] Campbeltown Airport
[fr] Aérodrome de Campbeltown
L'aérodrome de Campbeltown ((en gaélique écossais : Port-adhair Cheann Loch Chille Chiarain)) (code IATA : CAL • code OACI : EGEC) est situé à Machrihanish, 5 km à l'ouest de Campbeltown, près de la pointe de la Kintyre péninsule à Argyll and Bute sur la côte ouest de l'Écosse. L'aéroport était anciennement connu sous le RAF Machrihanish et a accueilli des escadrons de la Royal Air Force et d'autres forces aériennes de l'OTAN ainsi que l'United States Marine Corps. L'aéroport se trouve à un point stratégique à proximité de la Mer d'Irlande, et a été utilisé pour garder l'entrée de l'estuaire de la Clyde, où les sous-marins nucléaires étaient basés à Holy Loch et où les sous-marins Trident de la Royal Navysont toujours basés à HMNB Clyde (Base Navale de Faslane).[ru] Кэмпбелтаун (аэропорт)
Аэропорт Кэмпбелтаун (англ. Campbeltown Airport, галис. Port-adhair Ceann Loch) (ИАТА: CAL, ИКАО: EGEC) расположен в 5.6 км к западу от Кэмпбелтауна, недалеко от окончания полуострова Кинтайр в западной части Шотландии. На данный момент принадлежит Министерству Обороны, которое осуществляет его обслуживание и поддержание состояния, однако часть аэродрома управляется коммерческим оператором Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, компанией, находящейся под контролем властей Шотландии.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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