St Mary's Airport

St. Mary's Airport is one of the United Kingdom Airports, which is located in Isles Of Scilly. Isles of Scilly's St Mary's Airport code for IATA is ISC, while for ICAO code is EGHE. St Mary's Airport is also known as Isles of Scilly Airport, which is situated with one nautical mile (1.9 km; and 1.2 mi) at the east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, and to the south-west of Cornwall, in the UK. It is the only airport that serves the Isles of Scilly and handles all air traffic movements to and from the Islands. The Duchy of Cornwall owns the ISC airport. Nowadays, the ISC airport is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly. St Mary's Airport is available for use by the general public traveling and private pilots.

St Mary's Airport

General information of St Mary’s Airport

St. Mary's Airport is one of the United Kingdom Airports, which is located in Isles Of Scilly. Isles of Scilly's St Mary's Airport code for IATA is ISC, while for ICAO code is EGHE. St Mary's Airport is also known as Isles of Scilly Airport, which is situated with one nautical mile (1.9 km; and 1.2 mi) at the east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, and to the south-west of Cornwall, in the UK. It is the only airport that serves the Isles of Scilly and handles all air traffic movements to and from the Islands. The Duchy of Cornwall owns the ISC airport. Nowadays, the ISC airport is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly. St Mary's Airport is available for use by the general public traveling and private pilots.

Airlines and destinations of St Mary’s Airport

At St Mary's Airport, around 40 flights are running via three different routes right from the Isles of Scilly. Routes connect the ISC to three different cities. The most popular routes that connect Isles Of Scilly to other destinations are the following: Lands End, Newquay, and Exeter.

Currently, there is only one airline operating from ISC Airport, and it is the Skybus fixed-wing air service which is contracted via the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group and flies from Lands End, Exeter, and Newquay. Isles of Scilly Skybus has flights to Land's End and Newquay; Besides, it has seasonal charters to Exeter.

The Capacity of St Mary’s Airport

According to the statistics of 2018, the ISC handled around 92,195 passengers and managed 12,546 aircraft movements. Over 90% of the operations are done through public transport flights, that are mainly governed by Islander and Twin-otter aircraft. These flights vary seasonally with frequency from daily flights from 20 to 120 and regularly operate below 4000ft in a narrow corridor of airspace through a military flying area and link Lands End. The ISC airport is used as a landing area for some emergency services, including the HM Coastguard search and Rescue Aircraft, which is based out of Newquay Airport and used by the Cornwall Air Ambulance. Besides, the ISC airport is being the administrative base center for the Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service.