Kirkwall Airport

The airport is as good as you can expect for a small airport. There are check-in desks on one side and bar and cafe on the other. Security / departures are just past the information desk and open typically when inbound flight lands or is on arrival. The staff are good and helpful. The one area that is woeful is the parking. How can such a small airport have a permanently full car park?

A fantastic little airport. Arrived from GLA plane pulled up outside the terminal building. One Luggage Belt very quick reclaim. The terminal is one open plan "shed" type building with 4 Check-in Desks for the main flights to the rest of the UK and Europe. The Departure Lounge opens about 20 minutes before the flight is due to depart (usually once the inbound flight has arrived). Once through Security large waiting area with seats and a toilet look out onto the apron. There are 2 Doors to allow for 2 flights to be dealt with. In the main part of the terminal there is a Tourist Information Desk with local information a Cafe offering a range of hot drinks and snacks/sandwiches and a small shop with a few basics and small souvenirs. There is also quite a large seating area connected to the eating section. There is also a 2nd lounge area by the Inter- Island part of the terminal - this deals with the flights out to the islands that form Orkney handled by Loganair. Here Check-in and Baggage Reclaim are handled and Departures/Arrivals are handled completely separately from the other flights. Maximum aircraft size is 8 passengers so it is all very cosy and informal but very efficient. Flew out to PPW for worlds shortest scheduled flight and back later in the day and could not fault the whole experience.