Barra Airport
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.
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 DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft 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.
Barra Airport also has a Civil Aviation Authority 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.
Airline and destination
Airlines | Destinations |
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Loganair | Glasgow |
Statistics
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Gallery
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Plane taxiing on arrival
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The airport runway – An Tràigh Mhòr ("The Great Beach")
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Barra Airport, with plane on final approach
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Twin Otter landing at Barra Airport
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Twin Otter at Barra airport, ground crew preparing for takeoff