# Inverness Airport (INV / EGPE) **Inverness Airport** (IATA: INV, ICAO: EGPE) is a medium airport in Inverness, Highland, 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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpe ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: INV / EGPE - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Highlands and Islands Airports - Serves: Inverness, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom - Opened: 1947 - Elevation: 9 m / 31 ft - Coordinates: 57.5425, -4.0475 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 1,888 m / 6,194 ft - Passengers: 699,982 (2022) - Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London - Website: https://www.hial.co.uk/inverness-airport - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Airport (29 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431553 - Weather station: EGPE · WMO 03059 - Ident: EGPE ## Timeline - 1947: Inverness Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 05/23 | 1,888 m / 6,194 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes | | 11/29 | 701 m / 2,300 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 579,123 | Eurostat | | 2012 | 601,550 | Eurostat | | 2013 | 607,236 | Eurostat | | 2014 | 611,373 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 667,560 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 782,245 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 874,486 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 892,971 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 937,728 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 239,987 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 357,141 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 699,982 | Wikidata | ## Routes 15 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (11) - [SYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpo.md) Stornoway Airport · United Kingdom · 154 km / 96 mi · Loganair - [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · United Kingdom · 171 km / 106 mi · Loganair - [LSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpb.md) Sumburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 304 km / 189 mi · Loganair - [BHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egac.md) George Best Belfast City Airport · United Kingdom · 344 km / 214 mi · Loganair - [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 478 km / 297 mi · Aer Lingus - [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 479 km / 298 mi · Loganair - [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 584 km / 363 mi · easyJet - [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 673 km / 418 mi · easyJet - [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 690 km / 429 mi · easyJet - [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 753 km / 468 mi · easyJet - [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 809 km / 503 mi · KLM ### Seasonal (2) - [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,173 km / 729 mi · Discover Airlines - [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 2,059 km / 1,279 mi · TUI Airways ### Seasonal charter (2) - [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 3,410 km / 2,119 mi · AirBaltic - [TFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcts.md) Tenerife Sur Airport · Spain · 3,423 km / 2,127 mi · AirBaltic ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from INV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (7) - LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 5 - U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 4 - BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 2 · seasonal charter - EI [Aer Lingus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aer-lingus) · 1 - 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 1 · seasonal - KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1 - BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 1 · seasonal ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 700K (2022) | #965 of 3,974 | #230 in Europe | #21 in GB | | Longest runway | 1,888 m / 6,194 ft | =4,355 of 29,858 | #796 in Europe | #50 in GB | | Elevation | 9 m / 31 ft | =40,429 of 43,403 | =5,447 in Europe | #574 in GB | | Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =741 in Europe | =177 in GB | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 122.605 | | ATIS | ATIS | 109.200 | | RDR | RDR | 122.605 | | TWR | TWR (when TWR/APP combined) | 122.605 | | TWR | Inverness Tower | 118.405 | ## Nearby airports - [LMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egqs.md) RAF Lossiemouth · 46 km / 29 mi - [WIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpc.md) Wick John O'Groats Airport · 116 km / 72 mi - [ABZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpd.md) Aberdeen International Airport · 117 km / 73 mi - [DND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpn.md) Dundee Airport · 136 km / 85 mi - [ADX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egql.md) Leuchars Station Airfield · 148 km / 92 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: “Inverness Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inverness_Airport&oldid=1371674336), revision of 27 Aug 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/egpe/data