Flights 

Inverness Airport is the main airport for the Highlands & Islands for local flights and connecting to hub airports for transatlantic and worldwide destinations. Located on the Scottish mainland with flights to London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow plus regional services within the Highlands & Islands. Helicopters, charter and business flights also use the airport. This is one part of Britain where the easiest, sometimes only way to travel is by plane.

About 10 miles east of Inverness, at Dalcross on the main Inverness-Aberdeen trunk road, the airport is essential for local communities but is also a hub for island hopping flights.

Drive to Inverness Airport

• 36 miles, 50 mins drive from airport to Aviemore via B9152, A9, A96 & B9039
• 120 miles, 3 hours drive to John O'Groats
• 25 miles, 30 mins to Loch Ness

Flights from Inverness include:

• London Gatwick - 1 hour 45 mins
• Luton - 1 hour 45 mins
• Manchester - 1 hour 35 mins
• Edinburgh - 45 mins
• Glasgow - 50 mins
• Stornoway - 40 mins
• Kirkwall, Orkney - 45 mins
• Sumburgh (Shetland) - 45 mins
• Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd manage the 10 airports (including Inverness) in this remote area of Scotland which have flights to and from the island communities and the Scottish mainland. Between these airports, approximately 15 airlines fly to about 20 destinations in Scotland, England and Norway.

Island Airports

• Wick in Caithness with flights to the rest of Scotland and England
• The Argyll Islands - Islay and Tiree
• Campbeltown in Kintyre
• Barra, Benbecula and Stornoway in the Western Isles
• Sumburgh at the southern tip of the Shetland Islands
• Kirkwall in Orkney for inter-island flights