INV

Inverness Airport

ICAO EGPE57.5425°N 4.0475°W9 m / 31 ftMedium airport
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Inverness Airport (IATA: INV, ICAO: EGPE) is a medium airport in Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,888 m (6,194 ft). It is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports. In 2022 it handled 700 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
1947
OpenedInverness Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23049° / 229° · LIT
LENGTH1,888 m6,194 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29110° / 290°
LENGTH701 m2,300 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
579K
602K
607K
611K
668K
782K
874K
893K
938K
240K
357K
700K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

15 destinations · 5 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miSYY · Stornoway Airport · 154 km / 96 miKOI · Kirkwall Airport · 171 km / 106 miLSI · Sumburgh Airport · 304 km / 189 miBHD · George Best Belfast City Airport · 344 km / 214 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 478 km / 297 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 479 km / 298 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 584 km / 363 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 673 km / 418 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 690 km / 429 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 753 km / 468 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 809 km / 503 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,173 km / 729 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 2,059 km / 1,279 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 3,410 km / 2,119 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 3,423 km / 2,127 miTFSPMIFRAAMSLGWMANDUBLSISYYBRSBHXBHDKOILPALTNINV
Most destinationsLoganair 5easyJet 4AirBaltic 2Aer Lingus 1KLM 1Discover Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from INV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Inverness Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers700K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#965of 3,974 · #229 Europe · #21 GBLongest runway1,888 m6,194 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,353of 29,823 · #790 Europe · #50 GBElevation9 m31 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,369of 43,341 · =5,436 Europe · #574 GBAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =741 Europe · =177 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

5 channels
APPAPP122.605
ATISATIS109.200
RDRRDR122.605
TWRTWR (when TWR/APP combined)122.605
TWRInverness Tower118.405