# Scatsta Airport, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom

**Scatsta Airport** was an airport in Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It had one runway, 1,360 m (4,462 ft) long, asphalt. It was operated by Serco Group. In 2020 it handled 36 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1217

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Serco Group
- Serves: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 25 m / 81 ft
- Coordinates: 60.4328, -1.2961
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,360 m / 4,462 ft
- Passengers: 35,624 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatsta_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1915140
- Weather station: EGPM
- Ident: GB-1217

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,360 m / 4,462 ft | 31 m / 102 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

- 06/24 slopes 1.3%: threshold 24 at 5 m / 15 ft, threshold 06 at 23 m / 75 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 269,754 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 279,442 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 288,225 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 304,426 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 298,308 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 279,799 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 253,526 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 162,100 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 170,847 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 174,934 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 109,480 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 35,624 | Wikidata |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [WHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egeh.md) Whalsay Airstrip · 21 km / 13 mi
- [GB-PSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-psv.md) Papa Stour Airstrip · 25 km / 16 mi
- [LWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eget.md) Lerwick / Tingwall Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [FEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fea.md) Fetlar Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [GB-OUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-ouk.md) Out Skerries Airfield · 30 km / 19 mi
- [EGPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpw.md) Unst Airfield · 42 km / 26 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #61

## 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/gb-1217/data