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Encyclopedia > Barra Airport
Barra Airport
IATA: BRR - ICAO: EGPR
Summary
Airport type public
Operator HIAL
Serves Barra
Opened [[{{{opened}}}]]
Elevation MSL 0 ft (0 m)
Coordinates 57° 1' 37" N

7° 26' 15" W ImageMetadata File history File links A Logan Air Twin Otter (in BA colours) lands at Barra Airport - the only airport in the world where the arrival of scheduled flights varies with the tide as planes land on the beach. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company who own and operate ten airports in the Scottish Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. ... Barra (Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 4,845 1,477 Beach
11/29 2,226 678 Beach
15/33 2,783 848 Beach

Barra Airport (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhor at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique - it is the only airport in the world where scheduled services land on a beach. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited who own most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Barra (Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. ... The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (officially known by their Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company who own and operate ten airports in the Scottish Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. ...


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 DHC-6 Twin Otter is the most successful aircraft program in Canadas history. ...


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. Genera Acanthocardia Americardia Cardium Cerastoderma Clinocardium Corculum Ctenocardia Dinocardium Discors Fragum Fulvia Laevicardium Lophocardiium Lyrocardium Lunulicardia Microcardium Nemocardium Papyridea Parvicardium Plagiocardium Ringicardium Trachycardium Trigoniocardia Serripes Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusks. ...


Destinations

Flights are provided by Loganair who operate under a franchise agreement with British Airways, and all planes use the BA livery. There are services to Glasgow and Benbecula. Loganair is an airline based at Glasgow International Airport (GLA) in Scotland. ... British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) (sometimes referred to as Glasgow Abbotsinch International Airport), located 13 km (8 miles) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is the largest international airport in Scotland, and number five in the UK. The airport is owned by BAA plc... Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning the mountain of the ford) is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ...


Gallery

An arrival on the runway ImageMetadata File history File links A Logan Air Twin Otter (in BA colours) lands at Barra Airport - the only airport in the world where the arrival of scheduled flights varies with the tide as planes land on the beach. ...

Runway Image File history File links Barra_Airport,_from_road. ...

Terminal & control tower Image File history File links Barra_Airport,_control_tower. ...

External links


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Scotland: Aberdeen | Edinburgh | Glasgow International | Glasgow Prestwick |
Barra | Benbecula | Campbeltown | Dundee | Inverness | Islay | Kirkwall | Stornoway | Sumburgh | Tiree | Wick
Wales: Cardiff | Swansea
Northern Ireland: Belfast City | Belfast International | Derry
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Barra Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (240 words)
Barra Airport (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhor at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
The airport is unique - it is the only airport in the world where scheduled services land on a beach.
The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited who own most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
Barra Airport Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (838 words)
The wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhor, near Barra's northern tip, was famous primarily for its cockles until aircraft started to use the beach on 14 June 1933.
The cafe in the airport terminal is excellent, and is certainly one of the best places in the northern half of Barra in which to fuel up during your exploration of this remarkable island.
Barra Airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL), which in total operates 10 airports throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
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