Flotta

FLOTTA: Private airfield and helipad

Note:  These two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©






 

Operated by: 1980s/1990s: Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd
2001: Elf Exploration UK plc


 

Location: W of B9045, SW of the oil terminal, on the tiny island of Flotta , 9.5nm SE of Stromness

Period of operation: 1980s to -

Note: This map is reproduced with the kind permission of Pooleys Flight Equipment Ltd. Copyright Robert Pooley 2014.

Runway: 1990: 17/35   759x18   hard

2001: 16/34   759x18   hard




 

NOTES: Fixed wing aircraft were able to land here only when undertaking Air Ambulance flights or in an emergency. It appears that the runway fell into disuse around 2010?

 

 

 

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