Oban Airport

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Oban Airport
Oban Airport from 600 feet
Code IATA: OBN, ICAO: EGEO
County Argyllshire
Public
Operator Argyll and Bute Council
Location NM907355
56°27’56"N, 5°23’52"W
Runway 4,147 feet
Website http://obanandtheislesairports.com/

Oban Airport (IATA: OBN, ICAO: EGEO) is located 5 nautical miles north-east of the port of Oban in Argyllshire, near the village of North Connel.

The airport is operated by the local council and it has a CAA licence as a commercial airport. Hebridean Air Services[1] is the only airline based at Oban. It operates scheduled flights on two routes, to the Isles of Colonsay and Islay return and to the Isles of Coll and Tiree return.

Sightseeing flights also operate out of Oban Airport by Fly Scenic Scotland & Border Air throughout the year, with trips around the Loch Linnhe area. Flights include sites such as the Oban, Gulf of Corryvreckan, Tobermory, Castle Stalker and The Bridge over the Atlantic.

Oban airport links the mainland with the islands of Coll, Colonsay, Islay and Tiree.[2] The airstrips on the Islands of Coll and Colonsay, also operated by Argyll and Bute council, have benefitted from extensive upgrading to enable them to attain CAA licensing in 2008 to allow for commercial traffic.[3] Scheduled flights began in 2008.[4][5]

Controversy

There has been controversy about the running of the airport by Argyll and Bute Council, mainly in the letters and news pages of The Oban Times. It is claimed that costs have soared and the amount of traffic dropped since the takeover.[6] In 2008, police looked into the possible sabotage of an airport fire appliance.[7]

There was further controversy in July 2009 when Argyll Aero Club 'PK' erected a fence around the land that it leases from the airport. The council claimed this reduced the length of the runway meaning fixed wing ambulance flights cannot land.[8]

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