Donegal Airport 5.71

Aerfort Dhún na nGall
Donegal Airport located on the Northern Part of the Wild Atlantic Way. Is recognised as a key element of the county’s infrastructure. The Airport as an air access point is extremely important to the economic development of County Donegal given its peripheral location.

Aerfort Dhún na nGall commenced operations in 1986 and was developed, with the assistance of Údaras ná Gaeltachta, the Department of Transport, Private Investors, Donegal Co. Council, International Fund for Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund.

Owned and managed by a private limited company ‘Aerphort Idirnaisiúnta Dhún na nGall Teo’, Donegal Airport is one of Ireland’s network of six regional airports. It was first developed in the mid eighties by Údaras na Gaeltachta to provide easy access for business executives wishing to locate to the industrial estate.

The first passenger schedule service in 1986 was started by a small Scottish airline Malinair who identified a demand for a Donegal/Glasgow route from expatriates and their extended families who welcomed an alternative 50 minute flight from long ardurous road and ferry journeys.

Currently schedule flights operate to Dublin and Glasgow on a year round basis. The Dublin service operates twice daily to and from Dublin under the government’s public service obligation scheme.