Arrival and transport

Kirkwall Airport: getting into the city

Ways to reach Kirkwall (Orkney) from the airport, with times only where the airport or an operator publishes them, plus assistance and the official site.

Facts last checked Oct 25, 2026. Britlens is independent: see our editorial policy.

White National Express coach parked at a coach stop
White National Express coach parked at a coach stop (an example, not at this airport)Photo: Mikey from Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0
Self-service ticket machine under a canopy outside Crosskeys station
Self-service ticket machine under a canopy outside Crosskeys station (an example, not at this airport)Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0
Small ticket office building and ticket machine at Radyr station, Cardiff
Small ticket office building and ticket machine at Radyr station, Cardiff (an example, not at this airport)Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0

Is it operating?

Kirkwall Airport serves Orkney and is run by Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL), whose page we read on Nov 1, 2026. Wikipedia places it 3 miles south-east of Kirkwall.1,2

Into the city center

  • Flights from Kirkwall. Operator: Loganair. Wikipedia’s airline table (read Nov 1, 2026) lists Loganair flights to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Sumburgh, Manchester and Belfast City, and inter-island flights to Eday, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Sanday, Stronsay and Westray. Routes change: check Loganair.2,3 Official page for Flights from Kirkwall (opens in new tab)
  • Into Kirkwall. Operator: Local bus and taxi. The HIAL page we read gives no bus or taxi details. Use Traveline Scotland for local buses, or ask your accommodation.1 Official page for Into Kirkwall (opens in new tab)

For fares and city passes, see local transport. For live disruption, use the travel status links.

Assistance and accessibility

The HIAL page we read gives no assistance details. Ask your airline when you book.1

Airport assistance information (opens in new tab). More on getting around with a disability: accessible travel.

In our guides

None of our destination guides is next to this airport. See getting between regions for trains and coaches to the places we do cover.

Official site

Kirkwall Airport official website (opens in new tab)1

Other airports

London airports: Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Stansted Airport, Luton Airport, London City Airport. Elsewhere: Manchester Airport, Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, East Midlands Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, Newcastle International Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow Airport, Aberdeen International Airport, Inverness Airport, Belfast International Airport, George Best Belfast City Airport, Cardiff Airport, Cornwall Airport Newquay, Exeter Airport, Southampton Airport, Bournemouth Airport, London Southend Airport, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Sumburgh Airport, Stornoway Airport. The airports hub lists them all.

Sources

Pages we opened and read on Oct 25, 2026, and sites we could not read. Schedules, fares and rules change: check the source before you travel.

  1. Kirkwall Airport (opens in new tab), Highlands and Islands Airports.
  2. Kirkwall Airport (opens in new tab), Wikipedia.
  3. Loganair (opens in new tab), Loganair.