Westray Airport
| Westray Airport | |||
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| Code | IATA: WRY, ICAO: EGEW | ||
| County | Orkney | ||
| Island | Westray | ||
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| Operator | Orkney Islands Council | ||
| Location | Aikerness HY46075193 59°21’1"N, 2°57’0"W | ||
| Runway(s) | 955 feet (Grass) 1,729 feet (Graded hardcore) 1,380 feet (Grass) | ||
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Westray Airport is an airfield at Aikerness, on Westray, one of the more northerly of the isles of Orkney. 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 1.7 miles and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.[1] As well as the Papa Westray flights, services to the main Orkney town of Kirkwall are offered.
Westray Aerodrome has a Civil Aviation Authority 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.[2]
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 955 feet.[3]
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