Barra Airport (Scotland)

Infobox Airport
name = Barra Airport
nativename = Port-adhair Barraigh
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IATA = BRR
ICAO = EGPR
type = Public
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operator = Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
city-served = Barra
location = Eoligarry, Barra Island, Outer Hebrides
elevation-f = 5
elevation-m = 2
coordinates = Coord|57|01|22|N|007|26|35|W|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.hial.co.uk/barra-airport.html Barra Airport]
metric-rwy = Y
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 2,621
r1-length-m = 799
r1-surface = Sand
r2-number = 11/29
r2-length-f = 2,231
r2-length-m = 680
r2-surface = Sand
r3-number = 15/33
r3-length-f = 2,776
r3-length-m = 846
r3-surface = Sand
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footnotes = Source: UK AIP at NATS

Barra Airport Airport codes|BRR|EGPR (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a 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 almost unique - one of only two in the world where scheduled flights use the beach as the runway (The other being on Fraser Island, Australia). 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.

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.

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. [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/srg_asd_ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences] ]

Destinations

*British Airways
**operated by Loganair (Benbecula, Glasgow) [ends 25 October]
*Flybe
**operated by Loganair (Benbecula, Glasgow) [begins 26 October]

Pictures

External links

* [http://www.hial.co.uk/barra-airport.html Barra Airport - Official website]

References

*United Kingdom AIP

Further reading

*"Times subject to Tides - The Story of Barra Airport", Roy Calderwood, Kea Publishing 1999 ISBN 9780951895832 http://www.keapublishing.com