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Tiree Airport

Balemartine, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom · Europe

Europe Europe/London

4direct destinations

2airlines

3runways

1,402 mLongest runway

1935opened

Tiree Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Thiriodh) (IATA: TRE, ICAO: EGPU) is located 3 miles (5 km) north–northeast of Balemartine on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

Location

56.499°N, 6.869°O · 12 m s. n. m. (38 ft)

General data

CountryUnited Kingdom

CityBalemartine, Argyll and Bute

IATA codeTRE

ICAO codeEGPU

Coordinates56.499°N, 6.869°O

Elevation12 m s. n. m. (38 ft)

Time zoneEurope/London

Runways3

Longest runway1,402 m

OperatorHighlands and Islands Airports

Opened1935

Direct destinations4

Official website

Runways · 3

05/23

Length1,402 m4,600 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

11/29

Length820 m2,690 ft

Width19 m62 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

17/35

Length792 m2,598 ft

Width18 m59 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1 Official publication

Flight information

122.705

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Frequencies from the official publication: UK AIP (NATS), AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

History

The airfield is the former Royal Air Force Tiree which was requisitioned in 1940 and became operational in April 1942 before being transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1947.

The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point:

No. 224 Squadron RAF

No. 281 Squadron RAF

No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron

No. 518 Squadron RAF

819 Naval Air Squadron

845 Naval Air Squadron

1840 Naval Air Squadron

No. 2842 Squadron RAF Regiment

Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF (October 1943 - February 1944)

Since 2017, passengers departing from Tiree, as well as Barra and Campbeltown, have not been subject to security checks, instead declaring that they do not have any prohibited items. Upon arrival at Glasgow, passengers connecting to other flights must go through security there.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Hebridean Air Services Loganair

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: goldencondor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Tiree Airport (TRE). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE

MLA

“Tiree Airport (TRE).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Tiree Airport (TRE).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Tiree Airport (TRE). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tre,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Tiree Airport (TRE)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TRE}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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