# Westray Airport (WRY / EGEW)

**Westray Airport** (IATA: WRY, ICAO: EGEW) is a small airport in Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It has 3 runways; the longest is 527 m (1,729 ft). It is operated by Orkney Islands Council.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WRY / EGEW
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Orkney Islands Council
- Serves: Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 9 m / 29 ft
- Coordinates: 59.3505, -2.9501
- Runways: 3
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 527 m / 1,729 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655525
- Weather station: EGPA · WMO 03017
- Ident: EGEW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 527 m / 1,729 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Gravel | 088° / 268° |  |
| 13/31 | 421 m / 1,381 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Grass | 133° / 313° |  |
| 01/19 | 291 m / 954 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Grass | 011° / 191° |  |

- 01/19 slopes 1.3%: threshold 01 at 4 m / 13 ft, threshold 19 at 8 m / 26 ft.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [PPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egep.md) Papa Westray Airport · United Kingdom · 3.0 km / 1.9 mi · Loganair
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · United Kingdom · 44 km / 27 mi · Loganair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 527 m / 1,729 ft | =26,748 of 29,858 | =2,677 in Europe | =254 in GB |
| Elevation | 9 m / 29 ft | =40,644 of 43,403 | =5,476 in Europe | =581 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RAD/APP | Westray RAD/APP | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [PPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egep.md) Papa Westray Airport · 2.8 km / 1.8 mi
- [EOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eged.md) Eday Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [NDY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eges.md) Sanday Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [SOY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eger.md) Stronsay Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [NRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egen.md) North Ronaldsay Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [GB-1044](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1044.md) Corston Airstrip · 36 km / 22 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: “Westray Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westray_Airport&oldid=1363087492), 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/egew/data