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  2. RAF Turnhouse - Wikipedia

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    A landing ground was first established at Turnhouse in 1915. The airfield was greatly expanded in the 1930s, with three concrete runways being laid in 1939/40. [3] RAF Turnhouse closed in 1996 and its remaining facilities were acquired by Edinburgh Airport. The following units were located at Turnhouse at various times: [4] First World War

  3. Edinburgh Airport - Wikipedia

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    It is owned and operated by Edinburgh Airport Limited. [3] The airport is the busiest airport in Scotland based on passenger numbers, with 14.4 million passengers flying from the airport in 2023, a 28% increased on passenger numbers from 2022. A total of 35 airlines use the airport to fly to over 152 international destinations. [4]

  4. List of airports by IATA airport code: E - Wikipedia

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    "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.

  5. List of airports by ICAO code: E - Wikipedia

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    Edinburgh Airport: Edinburgh: Scotland: EGPI: ILY: Islay Airport: ... Aviation Safety Network – IATA and ICAO airport codes This page was ... Search. Search. Toggle ...

  6. Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre - Wikipedia

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    The RAF Search and Rescue Force began in 1941, mainly rescuing aircrew from ditched aircraft. [1] On 12 December 1997, the two control centres in Plymouth and Edinburgh were combined into one site at RAF Kinloss. [2] During its time as part of the RAF its motto was Constant Endeavour. [1]

  7. Airport rescue and firefighting services in the United Kingdom

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    The airport RFFS will respond to all aircraft emergencies within the airport's boundaries and will also respond to off-airport incidents that fall within a 6-degree cone from the end of each runway. If a special request has been made by the local authority, then dependent on circumstances, major foam tenders may be dispatched.

  8. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...

  9. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    External ARTCC subset. (Block of discrete codes except that xx00 is used as a non-discrete code after all discrete codes are assigned.) [3] 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600, 3700 US: External ARTCC subsets. (Blocks of discrete codes except that xx00 is used as a non-discrete code after all discrete codes are assigned.) [3] 4000 Australia