Tingwall Airport

Tingwall Airport

Lerwick/Tingwall Airport
Tingwall Airport; Lerwick/Tingwall Airport
	IATA: LWK; ICAO: EGET;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Shetland Islands Council
Serves	Lerwick
Location	Gott, Shetland, Scotland
Elevation AMSL	45 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	60°11′31″N 001°14′37″W / 60.19194°N 1.24361°W
Map
	EGET Location in Shetland
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Movements
Movements	823
Passengers	2,886
	Sources: UK AIP at NATS; Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Tingwall Airport (IATA: LWK, ICAO: EGET), also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland's main airport, which is Sumburgh at the south end of the main island. However, Tingwall is Shetland's inter-island flight hub.

Tingwall Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P614) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Shetland Islands Council).^[3]

It was opened in 1976.^[4]

Airline and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Directflight^[5]	Fair Isle, Foula

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LWK airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

In 1996, an air ambulance lost altitude while turning to final approach for Runway 02 in strong and gusting winds, crashing 1.5 km short of the runway. The pilot was killed, and the doctor and nurse in the passenger cabin were injured. (Their patient had already been delivered to Inverness.) Lack of adequate ground lighting or other visual cues during the nighttime approach was a factor.^[6]