Westray Airport
Airport in Orkney, Scotland
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Westray Airport (IATA: WRY, ICAO: EGEW) is an airport at Aikerness, on Westray in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Orkney Islands Council | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Aikerness, Orkney, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft (9.1 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°21′00″N 002°57′01″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | orkney.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] | |||||||||||||||
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). It is also the start point for the European teams of the Greenland Air Trophy. The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Loganair | Kirkwall, Papa Westray |
Runway
Westray Airport is best known for the Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route being one of 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 miles)[citation needed] and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.[3]
The airport was previously known for having the shortest commercial runway in the world with runway 01/19 having a declared LDA distance of just 234 m (768 ft). However, this runway is no longer in use.[4]
