Wick John O' Groats Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited | ||||||||||
| Serves | Wick, Caithness | ||||||||||
| Location | Wick, Scotland, UK | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 126 ft / 38 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°27′32″N 003°05′35″W / 58.45889°N 3.09306°W | ||||||||||
| Website | hial.co.uk | ||||||||||
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  EGPC Location in Highland | |||||||||||
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Wick John O' Groats Airport, or simply Wick Airport is an airport in Caithness in the Highland Council Area in northern Scotland.[3] It serves the town of Wick which it is 2 miles north of and much of the rest of Caithness. There are several connecting bus services from the airport.
History
[change | change source]Wick Airport opened in 1933 as a grass airfield operated by Highland Airways Ltd. but in 1939 the RAF took over the airfield due to World War II and upgraded it giving it a solid runway and more Hangars.
Destinations
[change | change source]Between 1976 and 2020 Loganair operated services to Edinburgh before they were discontinued because of the Pandemic.[4] That same year Eastern Airways revoked their service to Aberdeen leave Wick Airport with no regular service.[5] Eastern Airways and Loganair didn't reinstate their flights initially due to low demand but the Scottish Goverment offered £4 million to the Highland Council to bring back flights to Wick.[6] In April 2022, Eastern Airways once again started flying to and from Aberdeen.[7]
Passenger Volume
[change | change source]| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | 2018-19 Change |
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| 1 |  Edinburgh Airport
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7,395 |  21%
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| 2 | Aberdeen Airport
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5,317 | 32%
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| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | 2017-2018 change |
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| 1 | Edinburgh Airport
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9,341 | 16.2%
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| 2 | Aberdeen Airport
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7,775 |  13.0%
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "NATS | AIS - Home". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ "Airport data 2017 | UK Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk.
- ↑ "Wick John O'Groats Airport · Wick KW1 4QP, United Kingdom". Wick John O'Groats Airport · Wick KW1 4QP, United Kingdom. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ "Loganair to axe Wick to Edinburgh service". JohnOGroat Journal. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ MacLennan, Chris. "Demand for answers on future of Wick Airport following withdrawal of commercial services". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ Ross, John. "Multi-million-pound plan to bring new routes to Wick Airport". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ Tarrant, Sylvia. "Scheduled flights restart from Wick John O' Groats Airport with year-round air link between Caithness and Aberdeen secured in new deal". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-12.