| Barra Airport Port-adhair Barraigh |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
| IATA: BRR – ICAO: EGPR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited | ||
| Serves | Barra | ||
| Location | Eoligarry, Barra Island, Outer Hebrides | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 2 m | ||
| Coordinates | 57°01′22″N 007°26′35″W / 57.02278°N 7.44306°W | ||
| Website | |||
| 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 (2007) | |||
| Movements | 1,296 | ||
| Passengers | 10,415 | ||
| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2] |
|||
Barra Airport (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][4] The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
The beach is set out with three runways, marked by wooden poles at their ends. This allows the Twin Otters that serve the airport to almost always 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 indicating the centre line of the runway and reflective strips laid on to the beach.[5]
Barra Aerodrome 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.[6]
Contents |
Cockling
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.
 Sunset From Traigh Eais |
 Airport Sands |
 Barra Airport |
 Twin Otter Taking off From Barra Airport |
Destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Flybe operated by Loganair | Benbecula, Glasgow-International |
References
- ^ Barra - EGPR
- ^ UK Airport Statistics: 2007 - annual
- ^ "Barra Airport". Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. http://www.hial.co.uk/barra-airport.html. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ "Barra Airport". Undiscovered Scotland. http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/barra/airport/index.html. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Khan, Stephen (2002-11-10). "Dogfight over Barra to keep air link open". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2002/nov/10/travelnews.uknews.theobserver. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
External links
Further reading
- Times subject to Tides - The Story of Barra Airport, Roy Calderwood, Kea Publishing 1999 ISBN 9780951895832 http://www.keapublishing.com
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
