Stornoway Airport in Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom | Air Travel

Welcome to Stornoway Airport, Scotland. Stornoway Airport provides a key access point to Lewis and the Western Isles, with flights from Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and inter-island services to Benbecula and Barra. Located on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, a few miles from Stornoway, the Airport also serves as a base for the search and rescue helicopter operated by HM Coastguard. Air traffic control at Stornoway provides important support services to aircraft flying to and from North America over Iceland. An increasing element of Airport business is support services for oil exploration and development in the North Atlantic. Aircraft operations are supported by an Air Traffic Control service while on call services to air ambulance and search and rescue flights are assisted by a Flight Information Service Officer. An Airport Fire Service is provided on the basis of a Rescue and Fire Fighting Service category 4 Airport as detailed in Civil Aviation Publication 168.
Ambulift facilities are available at Stornoway Airport to assist passengers with impaired mobility during embarkation from aircraft.  Wheelchair and limited disabled toilet facilities are available in the Terminal Building.  There are ramp facilities at the entrance and staff are always available to assist.  Requests for assistance should be made in the first instance to the relevant airline.