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Encyclopedia > Campbeltown Airport
Campbeltown Airport
IATA: CAL - ICAO: EGEC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator HIAL
Serves Campbeltown
Elevation AMSL 42 ft (13 m)
Coordinates 55°26′14″N, 005°41′11″W|
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m|
11/29 10,003 3,049 Asphalt

Campbeltown Airport (IATA: CALICAO: EGEC) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. It is owned by the Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, a company under the control of the Scottish Executive. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company who own and operate ten airports in the Scottish Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. ... The Royal Burgh of Campbeltown is a burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... Base layer of asphalt concrete in a road under construction. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... A nautical mile is a unit of length. ... The Royal Burgh of Campbeltown is a burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. ... Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland in the south-west of Argyll. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification... Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company who own and operate ten airports in the Scottish Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. ... The Executives logo, shown with English and Scottish Gaelic caption The term Scottish Executive is used in two different, but closely-related senses: to denote the executive arm of Scotlands national legislature (i. ...


The airport was formerly known as RAF Machrihanish, (after the village of Machrihanish) and hosted squadrons of the Royal Air Force and other NATO airforces as well as the United States Marine Corps. The airport is at a strategic point over the Irish sea, and was used to guard the entrance to the Firth of Clyde where US nuclear submarines were based at Holy Loch and Royal Navy nuclear submarines based at Faslane Naval Base. RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station three miles from the town of Campbeltown at the tip of Kintyre. ... Machrihanish is a village in Scotland (Argyll and Bute). ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ... Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The Holy Loch is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Faslane Naval Base, officially HMS Neptune, is a Royal Navy base situated on Gare Loch, which connects to the River Clyde in Scotland. ...


Military operations ceased in 1997. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Today the airport is serviced by a Loganair flight to Glasgow International Airport from Monday to Friday. Loganair is an airline based at Glasgow International Airport (GLA) in Scotland. ... Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF), located in Renfrewshire, 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is currently the busiest airport in Scotland, and seventh busiest in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput [1]. It was the first airport in...


At 3049 metres, Runway 29 at Campbeltown Airport is the longest of any public airport in Scotland.


External links

  • Campbeltown Airport website

References


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Campbeltown has been linked to Machrihanish by a canal (1794-mid 1880s) that was superseded by the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway that closed in 1932.
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Campbeltown Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words)
Campbeltown Airport (IATA: CAL, ICAO: EGEC) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland.
The airport was formerly known as RAF Machrihanish, (after the village of Machrihanish) and hosted squadrons of the Royal Air Force and other NATO airforces as well as the United States Marine Corps.
The airport is at a strategic point over the Irish sea, and was used to guard the entrance to the Firth of Clyde where US nuclear submarines were based at Holy Loch and Royal Navy nuclear submarines based at Faslane Naval Base.
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