# Sanday Airport (NDY / EGES)

**Sanday Airport** (IATA: NDY, ICAO: EGES) is a small airport in Sanday, Scotland, United Kingdom. It has 3 runways; the longest is 467 m (1,532 ft). It is operated by Orkney Islands Council.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eges

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NDY / EGES
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Orkney Islands Council
- Serves: Sanday, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 21 m / 68 ft
- Coordinates: 59.2503, -2.5767
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 467 m / 1,532 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanday_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607603
- Weather station: EGPA · WMO 03017
- Ident: EGES

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 467 m / 1,532 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Gravel | 026° / 206° |  |
| 11/29 | 426 m / 1,397 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 105° / 285° |  |
| 17/35 | 386 m / 1,266 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 165° / 345° |  |

- 03/21 slopes 1.8%: threshold 03 at 10 m / 33 ft, threshold 21 at 18 m / 60 ft.
- 17/35 slopes 1.7%: threshold 35 at 14 m / 45 ft, threshold 17 at 20 m / 66 ft.

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SOY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eger.md) Stronsay Airport · United Kingdom · 11 km / 6.8 mi · Loganair
- [NRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egen.md) North Ronaldsay Airport · United Kingdom · 15 km / 9.3 mi · Loganair
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · United Kingdom · 38 km / 24 mi · Loganair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NDY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 467 m / 1,532 ft | =27,764 of 29,858 | #2,823 in Europe | #273 in GB |
| Elevation | 21 m / 68 ft | =38,283 of 43,403 | =5,125 in Europe | =492 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [SOY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eger.md) Stronsay Airport · 11 km / 7.0 mi
- [EOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eged.md) Eday Airport · 13 km / 8.1 mi
- [NRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egen.md) North Ronaldsay Airport · 15 km / 9.5 mi
- [PPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egep.md) Papa Westray Airport · 22 km / 13 mi
- [WRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egew.md) Westray Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · 38 km / 23 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sanday Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanday_Airport&oldid=1363076882), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eges/data