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Foula Airfield

airfield in the Shetland Isles, Scotland
Place aerodrome Q19420821

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
aerodrome, commercial traffic aerodrome[4]
Official website
www.shetland.gov.uk[9]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 60.122°, -2.053°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Shetland Islands[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Foula[8]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+150[11]
More facts +6
Historic county
Shetland Islands[12]
IATA airport code
FOA[6]
ICAO airport code
EGFO[7]
Named after
Foula[5]
P14452
920GFOA1[13]
Place served by transport hub
Foula[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en EGFO en FOA en Foula Airfield de Flugplatz Foula fr Piste aérienne de Foula id EGFO id FOA sv Foula Airport zh 富拉飛行場
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Baggage handling at Foula airstrip - geograph.org.uk - 17868.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
cllmr11npx9t
BBC Things ID
11d34be1-bdea-41aa-9bcf-67919a99bee2
Canmore ID
132583
Freebase ID
/m/012rckhv
GeoNames ID
7670763
OpenStreetMap node ID
1042040983
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/London 2026-09-26 S/AIRP · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United Kingdom
Historic county 1
Shetland Islands
Instance of 1
aerodrome
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Shetland Islands
Located in/on physical feature 1
Foula
Named after 1
Foula
Place served by transport hub 1
Foula
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Summary

Foula Airfield is an aerodrome[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BBC News topic ID → cllmr11npx9t
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ BBC News topic ID: cllmr11npx9t, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/182172718|Foula Airport (#182172718)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3896|BBC News topi"
  2. 22w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → —
    Instance of → aerodrome, commercial traffic aerodrome
    Aliases → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33791|batch #33791]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (920)"
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