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    Sumburgh is a small settlement in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh is located at the south end of the Mainland on Sumburgh Head. Sumburgh Airport...
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    Sumburgh Airport (IATA: LSI, ICAO: EGPB) is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish...
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    Sumburgh Head is a headland located at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Archipelago, in northern Scotland. The head consists of a 100 m...
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    returning workers from the Brent oilfield crashed on approach to land at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. At 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from the runway the...
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    best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable...
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    Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland. The lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson...
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  • Royal Air Force Sumburgh or more simply RAF Sumburgh is a former Royal Air Force satellite station that was located on the southern tip of the mainland...
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    Loganair Flight 6780 was a scheduled domestic flight from Aberdeen Airport to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. On 15 December 2014, the Saab...
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    CHC Scotia crashed into the sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, while en route from the Borgsten Dolphin...
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  • Loganair Flight 6780 starts an uncontrolled descent while on approach to Sumburgh Airport in Scotland. The pilots regain control and make an emergency landing...
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    mainland government to finance them. Sumburgh Airport, the main airport in Shetland, is located close to Sumburgh Head, 40 km (25 mi) south of Lerwick...
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  • Oban Benbecula Barra Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Ronaldsay Inverness Dundee Sumburgh Eday Edinburgh Fair Isle Islay Sanday Foula Papa Westray Glasgow Prestwick...
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    Lerwick is served by the Tingwall Airport located a few miles away and Sumburgh Airport that is further south and flies all year to some Scotland destinations...
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    Incandescent Petroleum Vapour Installation which produced the light for the Sumburgh Head lighthouse until 1976. The lamp (made in approx. 1914) burned vaporized...
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    Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, London Heathrow, Manchester, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Sanday, Stronsay, Sumburgh, Westray Seasonal: Fair Isle, Bergen...
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    operated by Dan-Air Services Limited on an oil industry charter flight from Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, to Aberdeen Airport. The crash, which occurred...
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  • Southampton Airport Stornoway Stornoway Airport Stronsay Stronsay Airport Sumburgh Sumburgh Airport Teesside Teesside International Airport Terminated Tiree Tiree...
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  • newly-wed's ship was lost at sea south of Shetland in a tidal race known as Sumburgh Roost. News of Haraldr's demise appears to have reached Mann by the spring...
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    The West Voe of Sumburgh, (grid reference: HU 395 088), is the most southerly bay on the Shetland Mainland, located between Sumburgh Head, and the point...
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    intercepted by RAF Hawker Hurricane fighters from 3 Squadron, based at RAF Sumburgh; both of the aircraft's engines were damaged and several of the five crew...
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    Scatness, part of Virkie. Jarlshof Old Scatness Pool of Virkie Sumburgh Airport Sumburgh Head Virkie Marina Ness Boating Club "Old Scatness, Virkie – Monuments...
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    London–Luton KLM Amsterdam Loganair Belfast–City, Kirkwall, Manchester, Stornoway, Sumburgh Seasonal: Bergen TUI Airways Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca...
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    Dunrossness, in the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland, about 6 km north of Sumburgh. The lochs are designated as a Special Protection Area and a Site of Special...
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    Bearing mechanism of Sumburgh lighthouse Foghorn (Shetland)...
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  • in 1972, the company allocated the first of several Sikorsky S-61N to Sumburgh Airport in support of Shell's offshore rigs. Following an expansion programme...
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    perform search and rescue (SAR) operations from civilian bases at Stornoway, Sumburgh, Lee-on-Solent, and Portland between 1983 and 2007. Between 1991 and 2013...
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    February 2024 the airline currently operates to London Heathrow, Kirkwall & Sumburgh airports, using an ATR 42-500 with capacity of 48 seats. Until it ceased...
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  • danger. Her estimated position then was 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Sumburgh Head, although the initial position given to the coastguards was off by...
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    Squadron RAF 246 Sqn VV No. 288 Squadron RAF 288 Sqn VV Station Flight RAF Sumburgh VW Station Flight RAF Chedburgh VW No. 157 Squadron RAF 157 Sqn VW No....
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    Road crossing of (Shetland) A970 with Sumburgh Airport's runway. The movable barrier closes when aircraft land or take off....
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