Fife Airport (ICAO: EGPJ) is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.
Fife (Glenrothes) Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P802) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Fife Airport Limited).
The airfield is used by Tayside Aviation to train pilots. In 1998 it was voted the best airfield in the United Kingdom by 'Flyer' magazine. The airport also contains the well-renowned 'Tipsy Nipper' restaurant.
Fife Flying Club is based at Fife Airport.
Skydive St Andrews is based at Fife Airport.
Famous quotes containing the words fife and/or airport:
“When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or catch its echoes dying away when we awake in the dawn.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)