Barra Airport Port-adhair Bharraigh | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | HIAL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Barra Na h-Eileanan Siar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1−4 ft / 0–1 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°01′22″N 07°26′35″W / 57.02278°N 7.44306°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Barra Airport | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 northern tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, believed to be the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal 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. Barra Airport opened in 1936.[5] The airport's only destination is Glasgow.[6]
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, up from 10th place in 2010.[7]
- ^ "Wick – EGPC". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Data and analysis | Civil Aviation Authority".
- ^ "Barra Airport". Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ "Island airport offers dream job working on the beach". BBC News. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Arnaud, Stan (21 July 2021). "£2 million makeover planned for Barra Airport – but 'bucket list' beach runways will stay". Press and Journal. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Barra airport destinations". Barra Airport – HIAL. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Top 10 Airport Approaches 2011". PrivateFly.com. November 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2013.