# Foula Airfield (FOA)

**Foula Airfield** (IATA: FOA) is a small airport in Foula, Scotland, United Kingdom. It has one runway, 382 m (1,252 ft) long.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FOA / —
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Foula, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 46 m / 150 ft
- Coordinates: 60.1219, -2.0534
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 382 m / 1,252 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.shetland.gov.uk/transport/internal_air.asp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foula_Airfield (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19420821
- Weather station: EGPB · WMO 03003
- Ident: GB-FOA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 382 m / 1,252 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eget.md) Lerwick / Tingwall Airport · United Kingdom · 45 km / 28 mi · Directflight

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from FOA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- DCT [Directflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/directflight) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 382 m / 1,252 ft | #28,865 of 29,858 | #2,994 in Europe | #287 in GB |
| Elevation | 46 m / 150 ft | =35,273 of 43,403 | =4,604 in Europe | =393 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-PSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-psv.md) Papa Stour Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [LWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eget.md) Lerwick / Tingwall Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [LSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpb.md) Sumburgh Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [WHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egeh.md) Whalsay Airstrip · 68 km / 42 mi
- [FIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egef.md) Fair Isle Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [GB-OUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-ouk.md) Out Skerries Airfield · 79 km / 49 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Foula Airfield”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foula_Airfield&oldid=1363037794), revision of 7 Jul 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/gb-foa/data