About The Airport
INVERNESS AIRPORT - Land in the Heart of the Scottish Highlands and Islands
INV experienced strong demand throughout 2022, welcoming nearly 700,000 scheduled passengers: 74% passenger recovery on 2019.
Passenger recovery is expected to continue through 2023 with Inverness and the Highlands continuing to remain an extremely popular destination amongst UK and European markets.
Top Airport in Europe for Customer Service
Named Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Best Airport by Size and Region 2020 and 2021 (under 2 million passengers per year in Europe).
INVERNESS - FASTEST GROWING CITY IN SCOTLAND
Strategic base for renewable energy sector, oil and gas supply sector, growing life sciences & health sector, food and drink (whisky) sector, and business services.
2022 direct destinations:
- Amsterdam (Schiphol)
- Belfast City
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Dublin
- Kirkwall (Orkney)
- London Gatwick
- London Heathrow
- London Luton
- Majorca
- Manchester
- Stornoway (Isle of Lewis)
- Sumburgh (Shetland)
HIGHLAND TOURISM - WORLD FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS
Inverness Airport is close to the following attractions:
- Loch Ness – 30mins
- Cairngorms National Park – 50mins
- Isle of Skye – 2hours 30mins
- North Coast 500 route – starts in Inverness
In 2019 the Scottish Highlands had 459,000 overseas visitors and was the 2nd most popular area of Scotland for US and French tourists and 3rd for German Tourists.
The Highlands and Islands key international markets are:
- USA (131,000)
- Germany (60,000)
- Netherlands (53,000)
- France (44,000)
- Canada (40,000)
- Australia (30,000)
- Switzerland (16,000)
- Belgium (16,000)
- Spain (12,000)
- Denmark (9,000)
*the numbers in brackets represent visitors to the Highlands - Source: VisitScotland, 2019
Facts and Figures
- List of Top 5 Airlines: BA, KLM, easyJet, Loganair & TUI
- Number of Serving Airlines: 6
- Number of Direct Destinations: 12 Scheduled destinations
- Number of Terminals: 1
- Number of Runways: 2
- Length of Main Runway (m): 1,887 PCN:40
- Passenger Numbers (mppa): 365,990 (2021)
- Cargo Tonnes (p.a.): 112,341
- Ownership: Highlands & Islands Airports Limited (HIAL)
- Operational Opening Hours: 05:00-22.30 and by special arrangement.
- Total Catchment Population: 330,000
- Urban Population: 76,000
- Aircraft Parking Stands: 9 parking positions