Barra Airport beach runway

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Barra Airport beach runway is a unique Scottish airstrip on the island of Barra where scheduled flights land and take off directly on the tidal sand beach.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barra Airport beach runway canonical 1
Barra Airport tidal runway 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport runway
beach runway
tourist attraction
accessRoad connects to local road network on Barra
closedDuring high tide
country United Kingdom
elevation 2 metres
5 feet
featuredIn aviation magazines
travel documentaries
hasCheckInFacility Barra Airport
surface form: Barra Airport terminal
hasIATAAirportCode BRR
hasICAOAirportCode EGPR
hasLighting simple runway edge markers
hasNavigationAid visual approach only
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
hasNearbySettlement Eoligarry
hasOperator Loganair
hasParkingApron adjacent to beach runway
hasPrimaryAirline Loganair
hasPrimaryRoute Barra–Glasgow
hasRunwayNumber 07/25
11/29
15/33
isTidal true
locatedIn Barra
Outer Hebrides
Scotland
United Kingdom
notableFor being a tidal beach used as a runway
scheduled flights landing on sand
unique beach runway in the UK
numberOfRunways 3
opened 1936
operatedBy Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
partOf Barra Airport
regulator UK Civil Aviation Authority
runwaySurfaceType beach
safetyConsideration operations dependent on tidal conditions
operations limited to daylight
serves Isle of Barra
surface form: island of Barra
timeRestrictedBy tides
tourismImpact popular visitor attraction
usedFor commercial flights
scheduled flights
usesSurface sand
weatherConstraint Atlantic maritime climate
frequent strong winds

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barra knownFor Barra Airport beach runway
Eoligarry hasNearbyLandmark Barra Airport beach runway
this entity surface form: Barra Airport tidal runway