Airports / Ireland / SXL
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Sligo, Ireland, Sligo Airport (EISG / SXL) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 11 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
SXL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC, 23 nm), Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK, 34 nm), and Donegal Airport (CFN, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SXL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SXL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EISG
IATA
SXL
FAA / Local
EISG
Elevation
11 ft
Coordinates
54.2802° N · 8.5992° 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 Ireland fields
state range 11–665 ft
At 11 ft, SXL sits lower than 90% of the 10 Ireland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmNOCIreland West Airport KnockCharlestown
- 34nmENKEnniskillen/St Angelo AirportEnniskillen, Fermanagh and Omagh
- 47nmCFNDonegal AirportDonegal
- 68nmLDYCity of Derry AirportDerry, Derry and Strabane
- 86nmBFSBelfast International AirportBelfast
- 93nmEIWTWeston AirportLeixlip
Location
Open the full mapEISG · Sligo Airport · Sligo, Ireland