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Westray Airport

Coordinates:59°21′01″N002°57′00″W / 59.35028°N 2.95000°W /59.35028; -2.95000
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Airport in Aikerness, Orkney
Westray Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorOrkney Islands Council
LocationAikerness,Orkney
Elevation AMSL29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates59°21′01″N002°57′00″W / 59.35028°N 2.95000°W /59.35028; -2.95000
Websiteorkney.com
Map
EGEW is located in Orkney Islands
EGEW
EGEW
Location in Orkney
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EGEW is located in the United Kingdom
EGEW
EGEW
EGEW (the United Kingdom)
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Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
mft
01/19291955Grass
09/275271,729Graded hardcore
13/314211,381Grass
Sources: UKAIP atNATS[1]

Westray Airport (IATA:WRY,ICAO:EGEW) is an airport at Aikerness, onWestray in theOrkney Islands,Scotland.

Westray Aerodrome has aCAA 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

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AirlinesDestinations
LoganairKirkwall,Papa Westray

Trivia

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  • Westray Airport is best known for being one of the two airports joined by theshortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg ofLoganair's inter-island service toPapa Westray Airport. The distance is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.[3]
  • It 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. However, this runway is no longer in use.[4]

References

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  1. ^Westray – EGEW
  2. ^Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
  3. ^Westray and Papa Westray Getting here
  4. ^"nats-uk.ead-it.com/"(PDF).

External links

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Media related toWestray Airfield at Wikimedia Commons

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