Sumburgh
Major
| Also known as: | RAF Sumburgh / Sumburgh Aerodrome / Sumburgh Airport |
| County: | Shetland |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened April 1933 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / RAF (Czech) / RAF (Norwegian) / RAF (Polish) / FAA / Civil / RAAF / RCAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Bolts Car Hire
- Caffe Volare
- Dunrossness Community Council
- Highlands and Islands Airports Limited - operator
- Ness Engineering Ltd - provided electrical and mechanical services for airport since 1985
- OBC-Hay
- Sinclair's Taxis
- Star Rent-a-Car (Europcar)
- Sumburgh Airport Taxis
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Sumburgh Airport Archives
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit
- No 3 Sqn
- No 17 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit
- No 17 Sqn
- No 42 Sqn
- No 48 Sqn
- No 66 Sqn
- No 86 Sqn
- No 118 Sqn
- No 125 Sqn
- No 129 Sqn
- No 132 Sqn
- No 143 Sqn
- No 144 Sqn
- No 152 Sqn
- No 162 Sqn RCAF
- No 164 Sqn
- No 217 Sqn
- No 232 Sqn
- No 233 Sqn
- No 234 Sqn
- No 235 Sqn
- No 236 Sqn
- No 248 Sqn
- No 254 Sqn
- No 272 Sqn
- No 278 Sqn
- No 307 Sqn
- No 310 Sqn
- No 313 Sqn
- No 331 Sqn
- No 333 Sqn
- No 404 Sqn
- No 453 Sqn
- No 455 Sqn
- No 504 Sqn
- No 598 Sqn
- No 602 Sqn
- No 608 Sqn
- No 611 Sqn
- No 700 Sqn
- No 701 Sqn
- No 721 Sqn
- No 819 Sqn
- No 821 Sqn
- No 828 Sqn
- No 880 Sqn
- No 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight
- No 2748 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2760 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2786 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Aberdeen Airways
- Allied Airways
- Atlantic Airways
- BEA
- Bond Helicopters
- Bristow Helicopters
- British Airways
- British International Helicopters
- British United Air Ferries
- Dan-Air
- Flybe
- Highland Airways
- Loganair
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (HM Coastguard)
- Scottish Airways
- Wideroe
Footage of Sumburgh, 1980. Courtesy of grebrynod