Tiree Airport ( gd, Port-adhair Thiriodh) is located north northeast of
Balemartine on the island of
Tiree
Tiree (; gd, Tiriodh, ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650.
The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and ...
in the
Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whic ...
off the west coast of
Scotland
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. It is owned and maintained by
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is a company based at Inverness Airport that owns and operates 11 airports in the Scottish Highlands, the Northern Isles and the Western Isles.
It is a private limited company wholly owned by the ...
.
The airport is served by a scheduled service from
Glasgow
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, operated by a
Loganair
Loganair is a Scottish regional airline based at Glasgow Airport near Paisley, Scotland. It is the largest regional airline in the UK by passenger numbers and fleet size.
In addition to its main base at Glasgow, it has hubs at Aberdeen, Edinb ...
Twin Otter
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.
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.
The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point:
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No. 224 Squadron RAF
No. 224 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both the First and Second World Wars.
History
It was formed on 1 April 1918, at Alimini, Italy from part of No. 6 Wing RNAS, equipped with the de Havilland DH.4. In Jun ...
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No. 281 Squadron RAF
No. 281 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron during the Second World War.
History
No. 281 Squadron was formed at RAF Ouston, England on 29 March 1942Jefford 2001, p. 85. as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped ...
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No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron
No. 304 (Land of Silesia) Polish Bomber Squadron ( pl, 304 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Śląskiej im. Ks. Józefa Poniatowskiego") was a Polish World War II bomber unit. It fought alongside the Royal Air Force under their operational Command and oper ...
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No. 518 Squadron RAF
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819 Naval Air Squadron
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845 Naval Air Squadron
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1840 Naval Air Squadron
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No. 2842 Squadron RAF Regiment
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Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF
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(October 1943 - February 1944)
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Airports in Scotland
Transport in Argyll and Bute
Buildings and structures in Argyll and Bute
Highlands and Islands Airports
Tiree
Airports established in 1942
1942 establishments in Scotland