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Barra Airport
Also known as: Port-adhair Bharraigh
Barra Airport in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Barbara Carr — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Barra Airport is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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. 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 and the first airliner to use it was a de Havilland Dragon. The airport's only destination is Glasgow.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 57.0236, -7.4417
- District
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Postcode
- HS9 5YR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
- Official site
- www.hial.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q808778 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Barra Airport (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Barra Airport?
- Barra Airport is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode HS9 5YR).
- Is Barra Airport free to visit?
- Yes, Barra Airport is free to enter.
- How do I get to Barra Airport?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HS9 5YR. It sits within the Na h-Eileanan an Iar parliamentary constituency.