Airports / United Kingdom / KOI
Kirkwall Airport
EGPA / KOIKirkwall, Orkney Islands, United KingdomELEV 50 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
15 nm
To the nearest alternate
Eday Airport (EOI) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Kirkwall Airport (EGPA / KOI) sits in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 50 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into KOI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Eday Airport (EOI, 15 nm), Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC, 31 nm), and Sumburgh Airport (LSI, 74 nm).
Charter pricing from KOI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under RNAS Grimsetter and HMS Robin. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.
Field capability
ICAO
EGPA
IATA
KOI
FAA / Local
EGPA
Elevation
50 ft
Coordinates
58.9579° N · 2.9051° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 50 ft, KOI sits lower than 66% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 15nmEOIEday AirportEday
- 31nmWICWick John O'Groats AirportWick
- 74nmLSISumburgh AirportLerwick, Shetland
- 76nmLMORAF LossiemouthLossiemouth, Moray
- 92nmINVInverness AirportInverness
- 108nmABZAberdeen International AirportAberdeen
Location
Open the full mapEGPA · Kirkwall Airport · Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom