KOI

Kirkwall Airport

ICAO EGPA58.9579°N 2.9051°W15 m / 50 ftMedium airport
On the map

Kirkwall Airport (IATA: KOI, ICAO: EGPA) is a medium airport in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 2002. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,430 m (4,690 ft). It is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports. In 2022 it handled 123 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2002–2002
2002
OpenedKirkwall Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Kirkwall Airport
09/27087° / 267° · LIT
LENGTH1,430 m4,690 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14/32140° / 320°
LENGTH677 m2,222 ftWIDTH19 m61 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
134K
129K
150K
151K
150K
153K
164K
170K
162K
55K
76K
123K
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Routes

16 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KOI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kirkwall Airport” (revision of 16 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers123K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,739of 3,974 · #367 Europe · #30 GBLongest runway1,430 m4,690 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=7,636of 29,823 · #1,014 Europe · #90 GBElevation15 m50 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,137of 43,341 · =5,245 Europe · =520 GBAgeOpened 20022026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,550of 15,079 · =1,328 Europe · #193 GBRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =41 GB
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPAPP118.305
TWRKirkwall Tower118.305