THE airport on Benbecula has become the first civil airport in Scotland to have its runway fully-lit by LED ground lighting.
The £150,000 improved lighting system provides greater illumination for incoming and outgoing aircraft, while simultaneously reducing the airport’s energy consumption and meeting parent firm Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) energy use aspirations.
Benbecula airport, one of the most westerly airports in the UK, is also the first airport in the HIAL network to have its runway entirely fitted out with the energy-efficient lights.