Connemara Airport
The quickest way to the Aran Islands is a small airfield beside the coast road at Inverin, fifteen nautical miles west of the city. Connemara Airport, also called Minna, Spiddal or Inverin airport, was built in 1992, partly paid for by Údarás na Gaeltachta so that the islands would stay viable, and Aer Arann Islands flies its Britten-Norman Islanders from here to all three.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Coláiste Lurgan on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.
The service
The Islanders fly to Inisheer, Inis Meáin and Inishmore, each of which has its own airstrip. The IATA code is NNR and the ICAO code EICA. Ferries from Rossaveal, a few kilometres further west, are the alternative, and the Inishmore, Inis Meáin and Inisheer guides on this site cover both.
The 2007 crash
On 5 July 2007 a chartered Cessna 208 returning from a day trip to Inis Meáin crashed on approach in rough weather; two people were killed and seven injured. The model on this page pins Coláiste Lurgan, the Irish college in Inverin, and the beaches along the road.
Questions people ask
Where do flights to the Aran Islands leave from?
When was Connemara Airport built?
Written from Wikipedia, "Connemara Airport" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.