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Islay Airport

ICAO EGPI55.6827°N 6.2575°W17 m / 56 ftMedium airport
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Islay Airport (IATA: ILY, ICAO: EGPI) is a medium airport in Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,554 m (5,098 ft). It is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports. In 2022 it handled 26 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
1940
OpenedIslay Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
12/30112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH1,554 m5,098 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07/25073° / 253° · LIT · SLOPE 1.0%
LENGTH635 m2,083 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
26K
19K
26K
27K
29K
28K
32K
33K
35K
9K
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26K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
50 km100 km25 mi50 mi75 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 116 km / 72 miGLAILY

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ILY. From the Wikipedia article “Islay Airport” (revision of 11 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers26K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,341of 3,974 · #484 Europe · #37 GBLongest runway1,554 m5,098 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,154of 29,823 · #937 Europe · #82 GBElevation17 m56 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,833of 43,341 · =5,202 Europe · =510 GBAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =538 Europe · =82 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

1 channels
AFISIslay Information123.155