Barra Airport (Scotland)

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Barra Airport
Port-adhair Bharraigh
Plane arrival at Barra Airport.jpg
IATA: BRR – ICAO: EGPR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Location Barra
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Elevation AMSL 5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website Barra Airport
Map
EGPR is located in Outer Hebrides
EGPR
EGPR
Location of airport in Scotland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 799 2,621 Sand
11/29 680 2,231 Sand
15/33 846 2,776 Sand
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 10,658
Passenger change 14–15 Increase1.3%
Aircraft Movements 1,034
Movements change 14–15 Increase4.7%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Barra Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway.[3] The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands. Barra Airport opened in 1936.

Infrastructure

The beach is set out with three runways in a triangle, marked by permanent wooden poles at their ends, in directions 07/25, 11/29, 15/33. This almost always allows the Twin Otters that serve the airport to land into the wind. At high tide these runways are under the sea: flight times vary with the tide. Emergency flights occasionally operate at night from the airport, with vehicle lights used to illuminate the runway and reflective strips laid on to the beach.[4]

Barra Airport also has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P792) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Highlands & Islands Airports Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Flybe
operated by Loganair		 Glasgow

Trivia

  • The beach is also popular with visitors and cockle pickers, who are asked to observe the windsock to see if the airport is in operation.
  • In 2011, Barra Airport was voted No.1 in the world's top airport approaches by a poll conducted by PrivateFly.com.[6] The previous year, Barra took 10th place.

Gallery

  • Airport Sands

  • Barra Airport

  • Twin Otter landing at Barra Airport

References

  1. ↑ Wick - EGPC
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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Further reading

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