New A Beach For An Airdrome Runway, Mayhap The Solely I Inwards The World... Solely Available At Depression Tide, In Addition To Solely Loganair Uses This Remote Scottish Isle Airport

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Barra Airport is located on an isle inwards Scotland, too it is the solely known house inwards the globe where a beach acts every bit a runway.

At this airport, flying times vary according to the tides. At high tide take-offs too landings are merely impossible.

But fortunately Loganair serves the isle from Glasgow. For its 2 daily rotations, the Scottish regional airline uses  De Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.

Last year, Barra aerodrome welcomed 13,500 passengers inwards sum too was ranked the 4th aerodrome inwards the globe having the best approach according to the report for booking mortal planes.

 A landing amongst body of body of water stance is a beautiful thing, too rarely this exactly about an airport

http://www.aeronewstv.com/fr/transport/aeroports/3872-une-plage-pour-piste-d-aeroport.html

Loganair is besides remarkable for some other flight... the shortest airline flying inwards the world, shorter than the length of the rail at Edinburough Scotland.

Flights betwixt the islands of Westray too Papa Westray sum distance is 1.7 miles, too Pilot Stuart Linklater flew the curt hop a tape to a greater extent than than 12,000 times, to a greater extent than than whatever other pilot, earlier he retired inwards 2013. Linklater fix the tape for the fastest flying betwixt the islands at 53 seconds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_to_Papa_Westray_flight  Thanks David!

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