<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Inverness Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early years</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The airfield was built by the Air Ministry in 1940 as Royal Air Force station Dalcross (RAF Dalcross), and was in use during the Second World War.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The following units were here at some point:</p>
<p class="blog-para">No. 1 Flying Instructors School RAF detachment between January and February 1942</p>
<p class="blog-para">No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF (July 1941 - November 1945)</p>
<p class="blog-para">No. 2 Central Flying School RAF (1941)</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Development since 2009</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2004, Thomson Holidays launched a short series of peak season charter flights to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Lanzarote using Spanair aircraft, flights to Palma were maintained (and Reus was added for a couple of seasons) through to 2010. Newmarket Holidays still operates various charters from Inverness on selected dates throughout the year. In June 2017 Thomson Holidays returned with peak seasonal flights to Palma once more, using a chartered Air Europa Boeing 737-800.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Ryanair cut its last routes to East Midlands and Liverpool in June 2009. Eastern Airways launched services to Manchester and Birmingham. However, when Flybe started flying the same routes in 2008, Eastern decided to withdraw.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In anticipation of the greatly increased passenger capacity, HIAL announced a major expansion of the terminal building. This consisted of expansion of the departure lounge for additional seating and retail outlets, an extension containing a new international arrivals area, and an enlarged security search area.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground transport Inverness Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Bus services operate between Inverness Airport, Inverness, Nairn and Elgin. Stagecoach in Inverness run between the airport and Inverness city centre close to the railway station. Jet bus offers a 24-hour service between Inverness Centre and the Airport, every 20 min at peak times and then at the hour off peak Monday &ndash; Saturday.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Rail</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Inverness Airport Railway Station on the Aberdeen-Inverness line opened on 2 February 2023 and serves the airport with a half-hourly bus connecting the two.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A new station at the airport was first approved in February 2017.In May 2021 Highland Council granted planning permission to Network Rail for a new two-platform station at the airport, but expressed reservations as a level crossing would be replaced with a bridge inaccessible to disabled people. One councillor, who noted the new bridge clashed with Transport Scotland guidance, described it as "low-quality infrastructure" and said it was "deeply shocking that we are getting infrastructure like that still built."</p>
<p class="blog-para">In January 2023, it was announced the airport's railway station would open on 2 February 2023.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Road</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of the city of Inverness just off the main A96 Aberdeen-Inverness trunk road.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Access from the A96 was previously by a single track road (suitable only for smaller vehicles) or alternatively by the B9093 Ardersier road. When the airport installed the new instrument landing system, the single track road had to be closed altogether. In April 2006 a new road, Inverness Airport Way, was opened providing full access to all vehicles from the airport direct to the A96. However, most traffic still uses the old Ardersier road as it is far quicker. The new road skirts the western perimeter of the airport in a large loop and is provided with 'wig-wag' signals if road traffic needs to be stopped during aircraft landing/take off.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Taxis are available directly in front of the terminal building.</p>
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