St Mary's
Isles of Scilly, GB.
- Code
- ISC
- Position
- 49.913, -6.292
- Runway
- 700 m grass
- Capacity
- About 140 movements a week, 2 stands, terminal generation 1
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 11.7% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 694 | close | en.wikipedia.org | |
| openingDate | 1939 | August 1939 (before that aircraft landed on the golf course); control tower and passenger waiting room completed August 1949 | differs | en.wikipedia.org |
| other | 1964 | BEA helicopter service St Mary's to Penzance started 2 May 1964 (Penzance Heliport formally opened 1 September 1964), replacing the Land's End Dragon Rapide route. | new | en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org |