St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly

Not to be confused with St. Mary's Airport (Alaska).

St Mary's Airport

Isles of Scilly Airport

Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCouncil of the Isles of Scilly
ServesIsles of Scilly
LocationSt Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Elevation AMSL116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates49°54′48″N 006°17′30″W / 49.91333°N 6.29167°W / 49.91333; -6.29167
Websitewww.scilly.gov.uk/environment-transport/isles-scilly-airport Edit this at Wikidata
Map
EGHE is located in Isles of Scilly
EGHE
EGHE
Location in the Isles of Scilly
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 525 1,722 Asphalt/Grass
14/32 694 2,277 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
18/36 400 1,312 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers69,404
Passenger change 22-23Decrease20.1%
Aircraft Movements8,849
Movements change 22–23Decrease14.8%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport (IATA: ISC, ICAO: EGHE) is an airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK. It is the only fixed-wing airport serving the Isles of Scilly, handling most air traffic to and from the Islands. (There is a heliport on the island of Tresco.) The airport is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and currently is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

History

Western Morning News. Thursday 17 August 1939. Jeffery Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst, general manager of the Great Western and Southern Air Lines Ltd., marking the opening of the new airport. Left to right: Mr. C.W. Cross, Mr. P.E. Stuart (Clerk of the council), Mr. A. Woodcock (Chairman of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Co.), Earl Amherst, Mr. C.P.O. Stideford (captain of the golf club), and Mr. A.C.V. Stephens (treasurer of the golf club).

On 15 September 1937, Olley Air Service's subsidiary Channel Air Ferries started the first scheduled service between Land's End and St Mary's, flying de Havilland Dragons. Initially, however, the planes landed on the St Mary's golf course.[3] St Mary's Airport was first opened in August 1939, after being converted from High Cross Farm.[4]

In 1938, Great Western and Southern Airlines took over Olley Air Service and Channel Air Ferries. It continued the service throughout World War II, during which it replaced the Dragons with de Havilland Dragon Rapides.[5] On 1 February 1947 this operation was taken over by British European Airways (BEA).[5] In August 1949 a control tower and a passenger waiting room were completed at St Mary's.[6]

British European Airways De Havilland Dragon Rapide at St Mary's airfield in 1958 before departure to Lands End airport.

On 2 May 1964, BEA replaced its Dragon Rapides on the Land's End route with a single Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, operated by BEA Helicopters. From 1 September 1964 the route was to the new Penzance Heliport. BEA Helicopters later became British Airways Helicopters, and subsequently British International Helicopters. A second helicopter was eventually added to the service in the summers.[7]

Mayflower Air Services started services to the airport in 1961; this operation was taken over by Scillonian Air Services in 1963, itself taken over by British Westpoint Airlines in 1964. Scillonia Airways operated services to the airport from 1966 to 1970. Westward Airways, not to be confused with Westward Airways (Lands End), operated services from 1967 to 1970. Brymon Airways operated services from June 1972 to March 1991,[6] initially with Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, and two years later, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.[4]

In 1975, a new terminal was opened by the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.[4]

In 1984, Isles of Scilly Skybus started flights to St Mary's from Land's End, initially freight and charter. Scheduled services started on 1 April 1987,[6] flying Islanders and, later, Twin Otters.[3]

The current 600-metre (2,000 ft) asphalt runway, 15/33, was built in 1991.[4]

After being in operation for 48 years, the helicopter service between St Mary's and the mainland UK ceased operations in October 2012, leaving Skybus as the sole remaining air link for the Isles of Scilly.[8] A helicopter service operated between Land's End Airport and St. Mary's in summer 2018.[9]

In May 2013, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and the Council of the Isles of Scilly submitted a joint bid for finance from the European Regional Development Fund for improvements to the terminal, new lighting and navigational systems and runway resurfacing, together with runway resurfacing at Land's End Airport.[10] In May 2014, the European Commission gave its approval. The upgrades at St Mary's are expected to cost £6.5 million.[11]

Facilities

The terminal at the airport is open all year round whilst the airport is in operation. It has a buffet, toilets, as well as access to wheelchairs upon request. The airport is used as a landing area for some emergency services such as the HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Aircraft (based out of Newquay Airport) and the Cornwall Air Ambulance, as well as being the administrative base for the Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service.[12]

A public footpath passes within a few metres of the southern end of the runway;[13] it is closed by warning lights and bells a few minutes before a take-off or landing is due.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

As of July 2020, St Mary's Airport has regular service to the following destinations:

AirlinesDestinations
Isles of Scilly Skybus Land's End
Seasonal: Exeter, Newquay
Starspeed Penzance[14][15][16]

Statistics

Passengers and aircraft movements

St Mary's Airport
passenger totals 2021–2023 (thousands)
Traffic statistics at St Mary's Airport[2]
Year
Passengers[a]
Passengers
% change
Aircraft[b]
Aircraft
% change
Freight
(tonnes)
Freight
% change
2021 72,291 Steady 8,935 Steady 95 Steady
2022 86,846 Increase 20.1 10,381 Increase 16.2 97 Increase 2.1
2023 69,404 Decrease 20.1 8,849 Decrease 14.8 111 Increase 14.4

Routes

Busiest routes to and from St Mary's Airport (2023)[17]
Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Change
2022/23
1 Exeter 8,063 Decrease 31.8%
2 Newquay 1,530 Decrease 27.3%
3 Land's End n/a Steady
4 Penzance n/a Steady
The airport building (before the recent redevelopment); Old Town is seen just beyond the airport.

Incidents

Notes

  1. ^ The number of domestic passengers handled
  2. ^ The number of all aircraft takeoffs and landings at the airport

References

  1. ^ "Scilly Isles/St Mary's - EGHE". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Annual airport data 2023: Tables 3, 9, 12 and 13.pdf". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "An anniversary of flights between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly". Cornwall Life. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "History of St Mary's Airport". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b Lo Bao, Phil; Hutchison, Iain (2002). BEAline to the Islands: The Story of Air Services to Offshore Communities of the British Isles by British European Airways, Its Predecessors and Successors. Erskine: Kea Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 978-0951895849.
  6. ^ a b c Wickstead, Maurice (April 2008). "Bound for Lyonesse: The History of Flying in the Isles of Scilly" (PDF). Light Aviation. Light Aircraft Association. pp. 31–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. ^ Lo Bao and Hutchison (2002), pp. 11–19.
  8. ^ "European red tape delays airport's vital runway improvement project". Mid Devon Gazette. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Fly and Sail to the Isles of Scilly".
  10. ^ "£6m upgrade of airports 'on the way to implementation'". The Cornishman. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Runway and terminal works for Land's End to Scilly flights get go ahead from European Commission". The Cornishman. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ^ "St. Mary's Airport". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Archived from the original on 6 October 2006.
  13. ^ Grid reference SV9195410364
  14. ^ "Home". penzancehelicopters.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Starspeed wins UK Penzance Helicopters contract".
  16. ^ "Fly Direct to Tresco Island with Penzance Helicopters | Tresco Island".
  17. ^ "Annual airport data 2023". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Tables 12.1.pdf and 12.2.pdf. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Accident Report 8/84" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch.
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