Inishmaan

53°05'31"N 009°34'12"W

runway: 05/23 - 265x20m - grass
runway: 15/33 - 546x20m - asphalt

Inishmaan air field (Irish: Inis Meáin Aerphort, ICAO: EIMN) is an airfield on the Aran Islands near the west coast of Ireland.
The airfield was built around 1970.
During the early days the airfield was opened, operations were run from a 16ft caravan with no external communications.
One night, the caravan blew away in bad weather.
On another night, when the airfield was not yet complete, the locals drove their cars and tractors to the airfield to light the airstrip for an emergency evacuation.


Inishmaan airfield in 2005 (Google Earth)

The airfield used to be operated by the local community (Comharchumann Inis Meáin).
This changed after a dispute escalated in the summer of 2010 however.
From 2011 the airfield was operated by Aer Arann, which also operates regular services from it with BN Islanders.


Inishmaan airfield as seen from the air in 2006 (Flying in Ireland).


Station building at Inishmaan airfield in 2009.