Airports / United Kingdom / LMO
RAF Lossiemouth
EGQS / LMOLossiemouth, Moray, United KingdomELEV 42 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Inverness Airport (INV) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom, RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 42 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LMO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Inverness Airport (INV, 25 nm), Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC, 46 nm), and Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ, 48 nm).
Charter pricing from LMO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Lossiemouth, Moray.
Field capability
ICAO
EGQS
IATA
LMO
FAA / Local
EGQS
Elevation
42 ft
Coordinates
57.7052° N · 3.3392° 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
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 42 ft, LMO sits lower than 72% 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.
- 25nmINVInverness AirportInverness
- 46nmWICWick John O'Groats AirportWick
- 48nmABZAberdeen International AirportAberdeen
- 76nmDNDDundee AirportDundee
- 76nmKOIKirkwall AirportKirkwall, Orkney Islands
- 81nmADXLeuchars Station AirfieldLeuchars, Fife
Location
Open the full mapEGQS · RAF Lossiemouth · Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom