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Connemara Airport

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Airport type
  
Private

Location
  
Inverin, Ireland

05/23
  
600

Elevation
  
21 m

Province
  
Connacht

Serves
  
Connemara

Elevation AMSL
  
70 ft / 21 m

Code
  
NNR

Phone
  
+353 91 593 034


Operator
  
Galway Aviation Services Ltd.

Address
  
Caislean, Inveran, Co. Galway, Ireland

Connemara airport 5 july 2014


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

Contents

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.

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

    Connemara Airport Wikipedia
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