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Kirkwall (KOI): the bus meets the flights, and only just

Stagecoach runs a service timed to meet scheduled flights, with a reduced service for the rest of the day. HIAL recommends booking a taxi before you arrive.

  • Stagecoach operates a service to meet scheduled flights, with a reduced service through the rest of the day.
  • So the bus is built around the timetable, not around the clock. If your flight is delayed, check what is left.
  • Stagecoach: 01856 878 014. Airport information desk: 01856 886 210.
  • HIAL recommends booking a taxi before arrival.
  • Three firms are named: Craigies Taxis (01856 878787), Orkney Travel (01856 881700) and Orkney Cabs (01856 875000).
  • The airport is southeast of Kirkwall, postcode KW15 1TH.
  • There is a left luggage facility in central Kirkwall, close to the Travel Centre and the taxi rank, not at the airport.
  • That is useful on Orkney, where a lot of people arrive, tour for a day and fly out again.
  • Kirkwall is the hub for the Orkney inter-island flights, the shortest scheduled services in the world among them.
  • It is also the ferry port for Aberdeen and Lerwick.

The bus

  • Stagecoach operates a service to meet scheduled flights, and a reduced service through the rest of the day.
  • That is the design to plan around. The bus exists for the flights; outside those windows it is thin.
  • Queries: Stagecoach on 01856 878 014, or the airport information desk on 01856 886 210.

Taxi

  • HIAL recommends booking a taxi before you arrive.
Kirkwall (KOI): the bus meets the flights, and only just
FirmPhone
Craigies Taxis01856 878787
Orkney Travel01856 881700
Orkney Cabs01856 875000

Left luggage, in town

  • The left luggage facility is in central Kirkwall, close to the Travel Centre and the taxi rank. It is not at the airport.
  • On Orkney that is worth knowing. A lot of visitors arrive, spend a day on the Mainland and leave again, and the bag has to go somewhere.

Where this is

  • Southeast of Kirkwall, postcode KW15 1TH.
  • Kirkwall is the hub for the Orkney inter-island air services, which include the shortest scheduled flight in the world, Westray to Papa Westray.
  • It is also the ferry port for Aberdeen and for Lerwick in Shetland.

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