Sumburgh Airport

ICAO EGPB59.8789°N 1.2956°W6 m / 20 ftMedium airport

Sumburgh Airport (IATA: LSI, ICAO: EGPB) is a medium airport in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1936. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,498 m (4,915 ft). In 2022 it handled 246 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1936–2013

1936

OpenedSumburgh Airport opens.

31 JUL 1979

DisasterDan-Air Flight 0034.17 killed

23 AUG 2013

Disaster2013 CHC Helicopters Eurocopter AS332 crash.4 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad

09/27084° / 264° · LIT

LENGTH1,498 m4,915 ftWIDTH44 m144 ftSURFACEAsphalt

15/33144° / 324° · LIT

LENGTH1,424 m4,672 ftWIDTH43 m141 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

143K

144K

210K

263K

270K

249K

256K

246K

267K

114K

182K

246K

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Routes

10 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LSI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Sumburgh Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers246K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,442of 3,974 · #313 Europe · #26 GB Longest runway1,498 m4,915 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=7,298of 29,823 · #984 Europe · #87 GB Elevation6 m20 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,220of 43,341 · =5,555 Europe · =603 GB AgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =368 Europe · =50 GB Runways21 · 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

3 channels

APPRADAR131.300

ATISATIS125.850

TWRTWR118.250