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Papa Westray Airport

Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

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Elevation

91 ft

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Location

Papa Westray, Orkney Islands · SCT · United Kingdom

Connectivity

3 routes · 3 destinations

Position

59.351°, -2.900° · 91 ft elev.

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Home to the world's shortest scheduled airline route.

Opened

1967

Location

Papa Westray, United Kingdom

Papa Westray Airport is a small regional airport serving the island of Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is operated by Orkney Islands Council and primarily serves inter-island connections within Orkney. The airport is internationally renowned for hosting the world's shortest scheduled commercial flight, operated by Loganair between Papa Westray and Westray. The flight covers approximately 1.7 miles and lasts around 90 seconds under ideal conditions, earning a place in the Guinness World Records. Despite its tiny size, the airport plays a vital role in connecting the small island community of Papa Westray, which has a population of fewer than 100 people, to the wider Orkney island network and mainland Scotland.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building with minimal facilities befitting its remote island community status.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options are extremely limited on the small island, with local taxis and private vehicles being the primary means of accessing the airport.

Airlines here

Loganair is the sole airline operating scheduled services at Papa Westray Airport, providing inter-island flights within Orkney.

Notable facts

›The Loganair flight between Papa Westray and Westray is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest scheduled airline route at approximately 1.7 miles.
›The scheduled flight duration is about 2 minutes, though it can last as little as 47 seconds in favourable wind conditions.
›Papa Westray island has a population of fewer than 100 residents.
›The airport is operated by Orkney Islands Council, which manages several inter-island airports across the Orkney archipelago.
›The route to Westray has been operated by Loganair since 1967.

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Airlines serving this airport

Linhas A

Livingston

Routes

PPW → NRLLM · BNI

PPW → WRYLM · BNI

PPW → KOILM · BNI

Aircraft operating here

Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A/B Islander3 routes

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Papa Westray Airport is located on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 24 NM north of Kirkwall. The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport. The distance is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.

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