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Barra Airport

Eoligarry, United Kingdom

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Elevation

5 ft

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Location

Eoligarry · SCT · United Kingdom

Connectivity

1 routes · 1 destinations

Position

57.023°, -7.443° · 5 ft elev.

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The world's only scheduled beach runway airport.

Opened

1936

Location

Eoligarry, United Kingdom

Barra Airport, located on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, is renowned worldwide for its unique beach runway on Traigh Mhòr, a tidal cockle strand. It is the only airport in the world with scheduled commercial flights operating on a beach, making it one of the most distinctive aviation facilities anywhere. The airport serves the small community of Eoligarry in the north of the island, providing a vital transport link to the Scottish mainland. Flights operate only when the tide permits, as the three grass and sand runways are submerged at high tide, requiring careful scheduling around tidal patterns. Despite its modest size, Barra Airport attracts aviation enthusiasts and tourists from around the world drawn by its extraordinary setting and operating conditions. The beach is also used by locals for gathering cockles, coexisting with aircraft operations.

Terminals

The airport has a very small single terminal building with basic passenger facilities befitting its remote island setting.

Getting to & from

Ground transport on the island is limited, with local taxis and a community bus service available to connect arriving passengers to villages including Castlebay.

Airlines here

Loganair operates scheduled services from Barra Airport, primarily connecting the island to Glasgow and Benbecula.

Notable facts

›The runway is a natural tidal beach (Traigh Mhòr) and is submerged at high tide, requiring tidal scheduling.
›It is the only airport in the world with scheduled airline services using a beach as a runway.
›The beach is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
›Three landing directions are marked on the sand, selected based on wind and tide conditions.
›Cockle gathering continues on the beach alongside aircraft operations.

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Routes

BRR → GLABE · DHT

Aircraft operating here

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter1 routes

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Barra Airport is a short-runway airport 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.

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