Airport Information
Watch the aircraft as they prepare for departure or arrival to the main apron or grab a snack and a drink from the vending machines and sit at the tables provided. The waiting lounge is also equipped with various magazines and a large flat-screen TV for your pre-flight entertainment. For arrivals, there is information on local and national attractions as well as useful contacts for car hire, accommodation, and taxi numbers.
The no-fuss approach by Oban Airport provides the traveller with the opportunity to relax and enjoy the journey. From baggage check-in, to boarding the aircraft, the airline and airport staff will assist you all the way.
Summer Opening Times:
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun.......... 08:20 to 17:15 (Local)
Tue & Thur................................ 07:55 to 17:15 (Local)
Winter Opening Times:
7 Days...................................... 08:20 to 16:30 (Local) or sunset if earlier
Other facilities include:
Toilets
Smoking area (outside)
Free Parking
Small Conference Room (booking required)
How to find us
BY CAR: Oban Airport is situated just off the A828 by the village of North Connel and some six miles from the centre of Oban. Take the A82, A85, and Cross Connel Bridge heading to Fort William.
BY TRAIN: First Scotrail operate 3 trains per day from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban. Exit train at Connel Ferry for Airport.
BY BUS: West Coast Motors operate a regular service directly to the airport. Service No 405 Oban to Barcaldine.
Historically, the land that Oban Airport now occupies was originally a series of Potato fields. As WW2 approached the land was upgraded and an airfield built as a forward operating base primarily for attack aircraft such as the Hurricane. Oban bay itself was home to the RAF in the form of Sunderland and Catalina flying boats. Repelling any possible German invasion from the north, most of its use came from rehearsing the beach landings by providing air support.
After the war, the base was used to train ferry crews and became known as RAF Connel Ferry. The Connel bridge that is used by cars today, was a railway bridge and the only way to get to North Connel was by ferry. The Royal Observer Corps had a hardened communication facility built adjacent to the Airfield which was in use up to 1998. The airport passed to council control and was for many years used as an airfield for private aircraft until the conception of the Argyll Air Services Project. Many wartime remnants can still be seen despite the upgraded facilities and runway.
For more historical information, read Neil Owens book – RAF Connel Ferry available at the airport and at all good bookshops.
Telephone: 01546 602127
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