Tiree Airport
# Tiree Airport

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.

The airport is served by a scheduled service from Glasgow, operated by a Loganair Twin Otter.

## 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

| Airlines | Destinations |
| - | - |
| Hebridean Air Services | Coll, Oban |
| Loganair | Glasgow |

## Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Tiree (2022) :

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