| stat2-header = Passengers
| stat2-header = Passengers
| stat2-data = 2,886
| stat2-data = 2,886
| footnotes = Sources: UK [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] at [[National Air Traffic Services|NATS]]<ref name=”aip”>[http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=90&Itemid=139.html Lerwick/Tingwall – EGET]</ref><br />Statistics from the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|UK Civil Aviation Authority]]<ref name=”stats”>{{cite web | url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2022/annual-2022/ | title=Annual airport data 2022 | Civil Aviation Authority }}</ref>
| footnotes = Sources: UK [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] at [[National Air Traffic Services|NATS]]<ref name=”aip”>http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption.html Lerwick/Tingwall – EGET</ref><br />Statistics from the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|UK Civil Aviation Authority]]<ref name=”stats”>{{cite web | url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2022/annual-2022/ | title=Annual airport data 2022 | Civil Aviation Authority }}</ref>
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”’Tingwall Airport”’ {{airport codes|LWK|EGET}}, also known as ”’Lerwick/Tingwall Airport”’, is located in the [[Tingwall, Shetland|Tingwall]] valley, near the village of [[Gott, Shetland|Gott]], {{convert|4|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} northwest of [[Lerwick]] in Mainland, [[Shetland]], Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland’s main airport, which is [[Sumburgh Airport|Sumburgh]] at the south end of the main island. However, Tingwall is Shetland’s inter-island flight hub.
”’Tingwall Airport”’ {{airport codes|LWK|EGET}}, also known as ”’Lerwick/Tingwall Airport”’, is located in the [[Tingwall, Shetland|Tingwall]] valley, near the village of [[Gott, Shetland|Gott]], {{convert|4|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} northwest of [[Lerwick]] in Mainland, [[Shetland]], Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland’s main airport, which is [[Sumburgh Airport|Sumburgh]] at the south end of the main island. However, Tingwall is Shetland’s inter-island flight hub.
”’Tingwall Aerodrome”’ has a [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|CAA]] Ordinary Licence (Number P614) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Shetland Islands Council).<ref>[http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/srg_asd_ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences]</ref> It was opened in 1976.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.shetland.gov.uk/news-advice/Tingwall-airport-turns-40.asp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201009000029/http://www.shetland.gov.uk/news-advice/Tingwall-airport-turns-40.asp| archive-date = 2020-10-09| title = Tingwall-airport-turns-40}}</ref>
”’Tingwall Aerodrome”’ has a [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|CAA]] Ordinary Licence (Number P614) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Shetland Islands Council).<ref>http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/srg_asd_ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences</ref> It was opened in 1976.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.shetland.gov.uk/news-advice/Tingwall-airport-turns-40.asp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201009000029/http://www.shetland.gov.uk/news-advice/Tingwall-airport-turns-40.asp| archive-date = 2020-10-09| title = Tingwall-airport-turns-40}}</ref>
==Airline and destinations==
==Airline and destinations==
==Accidents and incidents==
==Accidents and incidents==
In 1996, an [[air ambulance]] lost altitude while turning to final approach for Runway 02 in strong and gusting winds, [[2005 Loganair Islander accident#1996 accident|crashing 1.5 km short of the runway]]. The pilot was killed, and the doctor and nurse in the passenger cabin were injured. (Their patient had already been delivered to [[Inverness]].) Lack of adequate ground lighting or other visual cues during the nighttime approach was a factor.<ref name=AAIB96>{{cite web|last1=Air Accidents Investigation Branch|title=BN2A-26 Islander, G-BEDZ, 19 May 1996|url=https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/bn2a-26-islander-g-bedz-19-may-1996|website=GOV.UK|publisher=Department for Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref>
In 1996, an [[air ambulance]] lost altitude while turning to final approach for Runway 02 in strong and gusting winds, [[2005 Loganair Islander accident#1996 accident|crashing 1.5 km short of the runway]]. The pilot was killed, and the doctor and nurse in the passenger cabin were injured. (Their patient had already been delivered to [[Inverness]].) Lack of adequate ground lighting or other visual cues during the nighttime approach was a factor.<ref name=AAIB96>{{cite web|last1=Air Accidents Investigation Branch|title=BN2A-26 Islander, G-BEDZ, 19 May 1996|url=https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/bn2a-26-islander-g-bedz-19-may-1996|website=GOV.UK|publisher=Department for Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
Airport in Shetland, Scotland
Tingwall Airport (IATA: LWK, ICAO: EGET), also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland’s main airport, which is Sumburgh at the south end of the main island. However, Tingwall is Shetland’s inter-island flight hub.
Tingwall Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P614) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Shetland Islands Council).[3] It was opened in 1976.[4]
Airline and destinations
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Accidents and incidents
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In 1996, an air ambulance lost altitude while turning to final approach for Runway 02 in strong and gusting winds, crashing 1.5 km short of the runway. The pilot was killed, and the doctor and nurse in the passenger cabin were injured. (Their patient had already been delivered to Inverness.) Lack of adequate ground lighting or other visual cues during the nighttime approach was a factor.[6]
