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I spent two hours at Barra Airport in Scotland, one of the smallest airports in the world. It's also the only airport in the world where commercial flights land on the beach. It was the strangest ...
Social-media users were blown away by the unique airport setting, with one noting, "That's insane! Didn't know about this." ...
Outside the airport, Kisimul Castle is one of Barra's top attractions. It dates back to the 15th century and is located on a rocky island in the bay.
Located on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, a chain of small islands off of Scotland's northwestern coast, Traigh Mohr beach sits secluded in an inlet on the eastern side of the island.
Barra's airport is unusual, as it's the only one in the world where regularly scheduled commercial flights use a beach as the runway. I flew to the island from my home in Glasgow on a tiny plane ...
Scotland’s Barra airport is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights land on a beach. Planes land at low tide, to avoid a watery arrival.
Located on the small Isle of Barra in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides, 40 miles off the West Coast of Scotland, Barra Airport's runway disappears twice a day, becoming lost to the tide.
It’s the runway that disappears. And you’ll find it – if the timing is right - at the airport on the remote Outer Hebrides island of Barra, 40 miles off the coast of western Scotland.
One of Scotland's most famous airport runways has just been named one of the world's most beautiful. The runway at Barra, which sees the plane land on a stunning beach , was hailed as a 'must-see'.
Third was Nice Airport, the same spot it has been in during the past three surveys, while Orlando Melbourne Airport may be the one to watch for 2020, ranking fourth this time after an eighth-place ...
Scotland’s Barra airport is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights land on a beach. Planes land at low tide, to avoid a watery arrival.