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Kirkwall Airport

airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Place airport Q1431732
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Kirkwall Airport

Summary

Kirkwall Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirkwall Airport is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Kirkwall Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Kirkwall Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Kirkwall Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Kirkwall Airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports[7].
  • Kirkwall Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as KOI[8].
  • Kirkwall Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGPA[9].
  • Kirkwall Airport's Commons category is recorded as Kirkwall Airport[10].
  • Kirkwall Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Europe/London[11].
  • Kirkwall Airport's runway is recorded as 09/27[12].
  • Kirkwall Airport's runway is recorded as 14/32[13].
  • Kirkwall Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.958055555556, 'lon': -2.9005555555556}[14].
  • Kirkwall Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport[15].
  • Kirkwall Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Mainland[16].
  • Kirkwall Airport's replaces is recorded as RAF Grimsetter[17].
  • Kirkwall Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 2002[18].
  • Kirkwall Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+18'}[19].
  • Kirkwall Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 58.9578, 'lon': -2.905}[20].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+84344'}[21].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+91938'}[22].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+96323'}[23].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+112277'}[24].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+103232'}[25].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+97143'}[26].
  • Kirkwall Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+81298'}[27].

Body

Geography

Kirkwall Airport is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Orkney Islands[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kirkwall Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+18'}[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

Why It Matters

Kirkwall Airport ranks in the top 2% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . caa.co.uk. caa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 920GKOI1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33791|batch #33791]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (920)"
  2. 24d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Official website → https://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport
    Located in time zone → Europe/London
    Country → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "EGPA"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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