Stornoway Airport (SYY)

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Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 NM east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was a NATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States.

Airport Information
NameStornoway Airport
CityStornoway, Western Isles
CountryUnited Kingdom
IATA CodeSYY
Latitude58.215599
Longitude-6.33111
Elevation (feet)26
WikipediaWikipedia link
KeywordsLewis

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