Connemara Airport

Connemara Airport Aerfort Chonamara Minna Airport Aerfort na Minne
IATA: NNR – ICAO: EICA
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Galway Aviation Services Ltd.
Serves	Connemara
Location	Inverin, Ireland
Elevation AMSL	70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	53°13′50″N 009°28′04″W / 53.23056°N 9.46778°W / 53.23056; -9.46778
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 600 1,969 Bitumen
Source: Irish AIS[1]

Connemara Airport (Irish: Aerphort Chonamara)^[1] or Connemara Regional Airport^[2] (Aerfort Réigiúnach Chonamara^[3]) is located at Inverin, in the Connemara region, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) west^[1] of the city of Galway. It is also known as Spiddal Airport^[4][5][6] or Minna Airport (Aerfort na Minne), a name also used by Minna Airport in Minna, Nigeria.

Aer Arann Islands, a division of Aer Arann, operates Britten-Norman Islander aircraft to the Aran Islands of Inishmore (Inis Mór), Inishmaan (Inis Meáin) and Inisheer (Inis Oírr) off the coast of County Galway in Ireland.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

• On 5 July 2007 a Cessna 208 crashed on approach to the airport due to rough weather conditions, killing two and injuring seven. The plane was a charter plane, and was returning from a day trip to Inis Meáin.

References

1. 1 2 3 Aerodrome Information - VFR Aerodromes and Heliports Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
2. ↑ Aer Arann Islands: About Us
3. ↑ Oileáin Aer Árann: Maidir Linne (Irish)
4. ↑ Hinkelman, Edward G. (2008). Dictionary of International Trade (8th ed.). Tribun EU/World Trade Press. p. 542. ISBN 9788073997595. 
5. ↑ "Airport Codes". U.S. Department of Transportation. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
6. ↑ "AIR-PO-IE". Amadeus CRS. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 

External links

• Aviation photos for Connemara (EICA) at Airliners.net

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