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Sollas Airfield
Sollas Airfield in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Colin Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Sollas Airfield is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Sollas Airfield was an airfield 200 km to the west of Inverness on the island of North Uist in the Hebrides. The airfield was positioned to the north of Sollas township with the runway located to south of the sand dunes. The area is now agricultural land. All that could be found on the date of visit was three concrete hut bases on the north side of the A865.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
According to Iain Louis Hutchison's book on the Scottish Ambulance Service, Prior to 1936 the ambulance would land either on the sands of Traigh Ear, opposite Grenitote village or on the Vallay Strand. Hutchison writes that, by 1936 two grass runways, a hangar and a fuel depot were built by the airways when it was opened in the beach, and the Machair. Some sources say that the RAF used this airfield as an emergency airfield during WW2 until 1960, a decade after the airfield was otherwise unused.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 57.6642, -7.3353
- District
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Postcode
- HS6 5BP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Sources
- wikidata: Q137516172 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sollas Airfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sollas Airfield?
- Sollas Airfield is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode HS6 5BP).
- Who owns Sollas Airfield?
- Sollas Airfield is owned by | operator = Northern & Scottish Airways.
- Is Sollas Airfield free to visit?
- Yes, Sollas Airfield is free to enter.
- How do I get to Sollas Airfield?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HS6 5BP. It sits within the Na h-Eileanan an Iar parliamentary constituency.