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Westray Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Aikerness, Orkney

01/19
  
291

Operator
  
Elevation AMSL
  
29 ft / 9 m

291
  
955

Westray Airport

Westray Airport (IATA: WRY, ICAO: EGEW) is an airport located at Aikerness, on Westray in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It 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 Papa Westray Airport. The distance is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes. As well as the Papa Westray flights, services to the main Orkney town of Kirkwall are offered.

Westray Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P539) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Orkney Islands Council). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.

Westray Airport has a strong case as the shortest commercial runway in the world with runway 01/19 having a declared LDA distance of just 234m.

References

Westray Airport Wikipedia


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