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Barra Airport Beach Runway
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Andrew Topping
September 24, 2022
Hiking
The most scenic airport you will ever see. Well worth going at the correct times to watch the planes land.
Amy
October 19, 2019
Cycling
Barra is the only airport in the world to use a tidal beach as the runway for scheduled flights. The airport opened on the tip of Barra in 1936 to carry passengers to and from Glasgow. The beach has three runways marked by wooden poles.
The airport attracts many visitors who come to pick cockles and observe any aircraft.
The airport attracts many visitors who come to pick cockles and observe any aircraft.
Tiernan Duthie
May 4, 2022
Road cycling
Watch Airplanes land on the beach at this unique airport.
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