AirportsColl Airport is a small airport serving Coll Island, in Scotland, United Kingdom. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is COL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- COL
- ICAO code
- EGEL
- City
- Coll Island
- State or region
- Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 56.6019° N, 6.6178° W
- Elevation
- 6 m (21 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 500 m (1,640 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, COL means Coll Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EGEL. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 56.6019° N, 6.6178° W. It stands 6 metres (21 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Glasgow, about 167 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/London, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Coll Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 500 metres (1,640 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 53 airports of United Kingdom on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 51.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 500 m 1,640 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tiree AirportBalemartine, Argyll and Bute | TRE | 19 km |
| Colonsay AirstripColonsay | CSA | 65 km |
| Barra AirportEoligarry | BRR | 69 km |
| Oban AirportNorth Connel | OBN | 76 km |
| Islay AirportIsle of Islay, Argyll and Bute | ILY | 105 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,019 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,607 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,988 km | 7 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 697 km | 1 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,015 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,089 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,122 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,290 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,984 km | 21 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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