# Lerwick / Tingwall Airport (LWK / EGET)

**Lerwick / Tingwall Airport** (IATA: LWK, ICAO: EGET) is a small airport in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It has one runway, 1,764 m (5,787 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Shetland Islands Council. In 2022 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LWK / EGET
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Shetland Islands Council
- Serves: Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 13 m / 43 ft
- Coordinates: 60.1922, -1.2436
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,764 m / 5,787 ft
- Passengers: 2,886 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingwall_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875973
- Weather station: EGPM
- Ident: EGET

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,764 m / 5,787 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 016° / 196° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,181 | Eurostat |
| 2012 | 5,041 | Eurostat |
| 2013 | 3,230 | Eurostat |
| 2014 | 3,591 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 3,510 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 4,438 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 4,139 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 3,881 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 3,309 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,227 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,300 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,886 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [FOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-foa.md) Foula Airfield · United Kingdom · 45 km / 28 mi · Directflight
- [FIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egef.md) Fair Isle Airport · United Kingdom · 76 km / 47 mi · Directflight

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- DCT [Directflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/directflight) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2022) | #3,070 of 3,974 | #628 in Europe | #46 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,764 m / 5,787 ft | #5,040 of 29,858 | #861 in Europe | #76 in GB |
| Elevation | 13 m / 43 ft | =39,668 of 43,403 | =5,332 in Europe | =538 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Lerwick Tingwall A/G | 122.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [WHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egeh.md) Whalsay Airstrip · 27 km / 17 mi
- [GB-PSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-psv.md) Papa Stour Airstrip · 29 km / 18 mi
- [LSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpb.md) Sumburgh Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [GB-OUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-ouk.md) Out Skerries Airfield · 38 km / 23 mi
- [FOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-foa.md) Foula Airfield · 45 km / 28 mi
- [FEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fea.md) Fetlar Airstrip · 50 km / 31 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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: “Tingwall Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tingwall_Airport&oldid=1363083053), 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/eget/data