Stornoway Airport
Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) is an airfield located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was a NATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States.
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Stornoway Airport
Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) is an airfield located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was a NATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States.
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L'aéroport de Stornoway (code ...... ume-Uni Portail du Royaume-Uni
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Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ...... aircraft based at the airport.
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Аэропорт Сторновей (англ. Stor ...... оло 120,000 пассажиров в 2006.
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Runway 36 at Stornoway Airport
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L'aéroport de Stornoway (code ...... ume-Uni Portail du Royaume-Uni
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Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ...... eenland and the United States.
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Аэропорт Сторновей (англ. Stor ...... ок по пути в Гренландию и США.
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Aéroport de Stornoway
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Stornoway Airport
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Сторновей (аэропорт)
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