Coll Airport Explained

Coll Island Airport
Nativename-A:Port-adhair Cholla
Iata:COL
Icao:EGEL
Operator:Argyll and Bute Council
City-Served:Coll
Location:Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Elevation-F:21
Elevation-M:21feet
Coordinates:56.6019°N -6.6178°W
Pushpin Map:Scotland Argyll and Bute
Pushpin Label:EGEL
Pushpin Map Caption:Location on Coll
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length-F:500m (1,600feet)
R1-Length-M:500
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: Source: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Coll Island Airport (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Cholla) is located 5NM west southwest of Arinagour[1] on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.[2] Highland Airways who originally operated the route to Oban went into administration in 2010,[3] but a new operator, Hebridean Air Services now operates the route under a PSO (Public service obligation) with flights to Oban and Tiree using Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coll - EGEL . 1 May 2011 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709225515/http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dblogcategory%26id%3D189%26Itemid%3D268.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Isle Of Coll (COL) - Airport details . 24 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071024083557/http://theairdb.com/airport/COL.html . 24 October 2007 . live .
  3. Web site: Highland Airways goes into administration. BBC News Online. 25 March 2010. 25 March 2010.