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Sumburgh Airport
EGPB / LSILerwick, Shetland, United KingdomELEV 20 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
61 nm
To the nearest alternate
Eday Airport (EOI).
Overview
Sumburgh Airport (EGPB / LSI) is a mid-sized airport serving Lerwick, Shetland, United Kingdom. The field lies at an elevation of 20 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
LSI has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Eday Airport (EOI, 61 nm), Kirkwall Airport (KOI, 74 nm), and Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC, 102 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LSI vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Shetlands. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LSI, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGPB
IATA
LSI
FAA / Local
EGPB
Elevation
20 ft
Coordinates
59.8789° N · 1.2956° 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 20 ft, LSI sits lower than 90% 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.
- 61nmEOIEday AirportEday
- 74nmKOIKirkwall AirportKirkwall, Orkney Islands
- 102nmWICWick John O'Groats AirportWick
- 145nmLMORAF LossiemouthLossiemouth, Moray
- 163nmABZAberdeen International AirportAberdeen
- 164nmINVInverness AirportInverness
Location
Open the full mapEGPB · Sumburgh Airport · Lerwick, Shetland, United Kingdom