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Dundee Airport
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| Dundee Airport | |||
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| IATA: DND - ICAO: EGPN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Dundee City Council | ||
| Serves | Dundee | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft (5 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 4,593 | 1,400 | Asphalt |
Dundee Airport (IATA: DND, ICAO: EGPN) is located 3 km from the centre of Dundee, Scotland or, for navigation purposes, 0.5 nautical mile (0.9 km) south[1] of the city. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Tay and overlooks the Tay Rail Bridge.
The airport was opened in 1963 on land reclaimed from the Firth of Tay. Originally it had a 900 metre grass runway. The first scheduled air service began on July 5, 1966, with a service to Glasgow. A fortnight later a feeder service was added for Turnhouse and Prestwick.[2] The service was stopped on October 31, 1967 after British Eagle reported substantial £10,000 losses. The grass runway was replaced by a 1,100 metres long tarmac runway in the 1970s and extended to the current length of 1,400 metres in the 1990s. The airport was granted "customs airport" status on April 16, 1982 [3] and runway edge lights were added in 1983.[4] The current terminal was opened in 1997 by the then EU transport commissioner Neil Kinnock.
Tayside Aviation operates a training facility and engineering workshop at the airport. This was supplemented by a maintenance hangar built in 1982. The airport welcomes general aviation traffic.
Dundee airport is currently running at a loss of over £1million each business year, which is expected to rise to almost £2 million by 2007-8 [5].On the 12th February 2007, it was announced that, from September ('07), the City Council will handover the running of the airport to HIAL- Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, [6]. At present the airport is looking to expand with more scheduled flights, although this would be limited to regional aircraft. Larger aircraft used by low-cost airlines, such as Boeing 737s, would have insufficient runway length to operate. The runway cannot be extended under existing regulations.
- ScotAirways (London-City)
- ^ UK AIP
- ^ CJP (July 5 1966). "First Dundee air service begins". The Courier.
- ^ (April 17 1981) "Dundee airport granted customs status". The Courier and Advertiser.
- ^ (June 8 1983) "£91,000 spent on Dundee airport". The Courier and Advertiser.
- ^ Council can no longer bear costs of loss-making Dundee airport (HTML) (2005). Retrieved on October 5, 2007.
- ^ Dundee Airport transfer 'not cut and dried' (HTML) (2006). Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
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