Papa Westray Airport

Papa Westray Airport

Luggage being loaded onto an early morning flight to Kirkwall from the airstrip
IATA: PPWICAO: EGEP
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Orkney Islands Council
Serves Papa Westray
Elevation AMSL 91 ft / 28 m
Coordinates 59°21′06″N 002°54′01″W / 59.35167°N 2.90028°W / 59.35167; -2.90028Coordinates: 59°21′06″N 002°54′01″W / 59.35167°N 2.90028°W / 59.35167; -2.90028
Map
EGEP

Location in Orkney

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 527 1,729 Graded hardcore
07/25 334 1,096 Graded hardcore
18/36 343 1,125 Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Papa Westray Airport (IATA: PPW, ICAO: EGEP) is located 22 NM (41 km; 25 mi) north of Kirkwall Airport on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland.[1] The facility 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 Westray Airport. The distance is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.[2]

Papa Westray Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P542) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Orkney Islands Council). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
LoganairKirkwall, North Ronaldsay, Westray

References

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