Westray Airport Aikerness
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Westray Airport (IATA: WRY, ICAO: EGEW) is an airport located at Aikerness, on Westray in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world.
This route is flown by Loganair pilots using Britten-Norman Islander twin-engined aircraft, and typical flight times for passengers is between two to three minutes! The distance between the two airfields is about one and a half nautical miles. The route was once accomplished in 58 seconds by Capt. Andrew Alsop.
The route is subsidized as its vital link between the two Islands cost around 14-20 British Pounds.
www.alanmoar.flyer.co.uk/orkney/Shortestflight/shortest...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pBXjAQX7W8
This route is flown by Loganair pilots using Britten-Norman Islander twin-engined aircraft, and typical flight times for passengers is between two to three minutes! The distance between the two airfields is about one and a half nautical miles. The route was once accomplished in 58 seconds by Capt. Andrew Alsop.
The route is subsidized as its vital link between the two Islands cost around 14-20 British Pounds.
www.alanmoar.flyer.co.uk/orkney/Shortestflight/shortest...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pBXjAQX7W8
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°21'2"N 2°57'0"W
- RAF Lossiemouth 183 km
- RAF Kinloss 191 km
- Crimond Naval Air Station 202 km
- Inverness Airport 210 km
- Stornoway Airport 232 km
- RAF Leuchars 330 km
- Benbecula Airport 331 km
- Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) 378 km
- Glasgow International Airport 396 km
- Saudárkrókur Airport 1106 km
- Westray 6.3 km
- Eday Island 20 km
- Rousay 21 km
- Shapinsay 34 km
- Orkney Islands (Mainland) 38 km
- Gutter Sound 52 km
- Scapa Flow 52 km
- Burray 55 km
- Hoy 59 km
- South Ronaldsay 63 km
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