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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
Elevation AMSL	38 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	56°29′57″N 006°52′09″W / 56.49917°N 6.86917°W / 56.49917; -6.86917
Website	www.hial.co.uk/tiree-airport/
Map
EGPULocation 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

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.

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

• No. 224 Squadron RAF
• No. 281 Squadron RAF
• No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron
• No. 518 Squadron RAF
• 819 Naval Air Squadron
• 845 Naval Air Squadron
• 1840 Naval Air Squadron
• No. 2842 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF (October 1943 - February 1944)

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Tiree (2022)

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

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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. "Airport Data 2022". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Tables 12.1(XLS) and 12.2 (XLS). Retrieved 25 March 2023.

Bibliography

• 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

• Map sources for Tiree Airport

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