Tiree Airport

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Tiree Airport Port-adhair Thiriodh
IATA: TRE ICAO: EGPU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	HIAL
Location	Crossapol Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Elevation  AMSL	38 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	56°29′57″N006°52′09″W / 56.49917°N 6.86917°W / 56.49917; -6.86917
Website	hial.co.uk
Map
EGPU Location in Argyll and Bute
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,472 4,829 Asphalt 11/29 799 2,621 Asphalt 17/35 792 2,598 Concrete
Sources: UK AIP at NATS [1]

Tiree Airport (Scottish Gaelic : Port-adhair Thiriodh) ( IATA : TRE, ICAO : EGPU) is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north northeast of Balemartine on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

History

The airfield is the former Royal Air Force Tiree which was requisitioned in 1940 and became operational in April 1942 before being transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1947. ^[2]

The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point:

• No. 224 Squadron RAF ^[3]
• No. 281 Squadron RAF ^[4]
• No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron ^[5]
• No. 518 Squadron RAF ^[6]
• 819 Naval Air Squadron ^[7]
• 845 Naval Air Squadron ^[7]
• 1840 Naval Air Squadron ^[7]
• No. 2842 Squadron RAF Regiment ^[7]
• Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF (October 1943 - February 1944) ^[8]

Since 2017, passengers departing from Tiree, as well as Barra and Campbeltown, have not been subject to security checks, instead declaring that they do not have any prohibited items. Upon arrival at Glasgow, passengers connecting to other flights must go through security there. ^{[9] [10]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Hebridean Air Services	Coll, [11] Oban [11]
Loganair	Glasgow [11]

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Tiree (2022) ^[12]

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Change 2021 / 22
1	Glasgow	10,558	34.7%

References

Citations

1. Tiree - EGPU
2. "RAF Tiree airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
3. Jefford 1988 , p. 73.
4. Jefford 1988 , p. 83.
5. Jefford 1988 , p. 85.
6. Jefford 1988 , p. 95.
7. "Tiree (Reef)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 18 October 2013.
8. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 223.
9. Calder, Simon. "Britain introduces flights without security checks for first time in almost 50 years". The Independent. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
10. Calder, Simon (3 December 2024). "Liquids in hand luggage at UK airport – what's changing?". The Independent. Retrieved 17 February 2025. At some small Scottish airports including Barra, Campbeltown and Tiree there have been no security checks since 2017.
11. hial.co.uk - Destinations from Tiree retrieved 2 February 2025
12. "Airport Data 2022". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Tables 12.1(XLS) and 12.2 (XLS). Retrieved 25 March 2023.

Bibliography

• ‹See TfM› Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN   1-84037-141-2.
• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   0-85130-252-1.

External links

Media related to Tiree Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Map sources for Tiree Airport
• Official website