# RAF Lossiemouth (LMO / EGQS)

**RAF Lossiemouth** (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a medium airport in Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened on 1 May 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,771 m (9,091 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egqs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LMO / EGQS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1 May 1939
- Elevation: 13 m / 42 ft
- Coordinates: 57.7052, -3.3392
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,771 m / 9,091 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-lossiemouth/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164139
- Weather station: EGQS · WMO 03068
- Ident: EGQS

## Timeline

- 1 May 1939: RAF Lossiemouth opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,771 m / 9,091 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 10/28 | 1,849 m / 6,066 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,771 m / 9,091 ft | #1,706 of 29,858 | #271 in Europe | #16 in GB |
| Elevation | 13 m / 42 ft | =39,725 of 43,403 | =5,347 in Europe | =543 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =495 in Europe | =73 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 26.477 |
| DEP | DEP | 119.350 |
| DIR | DIRECTOR | 123.300 |
| GND | GND | 118.200 |
| OPS | OPERATIONS | 36.930 |
| RDR | RDR | 118.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [INV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpe.md) Inverness Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [WIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpc.md) Wick John O'Groats Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [ABZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpd.md) Aberdeen International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [DND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpn.md) Dundee Airport · 141 km / 87 mi
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · 142 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/egqs/data