Westray Airport
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Westray Airport
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| image = Terminal at Westray Airport, Orkney - geograph-3916711.jpg
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| IATA = WRY
| ICAO = EGEW
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Orkney Islands Council
| city-served =
| location = Aikerness, Orkney, Scotland
| elevation-f = 29
| coordinates = {{coord|59|21|01|N|002|57|00|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Scotland Orkney#United Kingdom
| pushpin_label = EGEW
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Orkney
| website = [https://www.orkney.com/plan/getting-here orkney.com]
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 01/19
| r1-length-m = 291
| r1-surface = Grass
| r2-number = 09/27
| r2-length-m = 527
| r2-surface = Graded hardcore
| r3-number = 13/31
| r3-length-m = 421
| r3-surface = Grass
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| footnotes = Sources: UK AIP at NATS[http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=151&Itemid=200.html Westray – EGEW]
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Westray Airport {{airport codes|WRY|EGEW}} is an airport at Aikerness, on Westray in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Westray Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P539) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Orkney Islands Council). It is also the start point for the European teams of the Greenland Air Trophy. The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/srg_asd_ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences]
Airlines and destinations
Trivia
- Westray Airport 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 Papa Westray Airport. The distance is {{convert|2.8|km|abbr=on}} and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.[http://www.westraypapawestray.co.uk/getting-here/index.php Westray and Papa Westray Getting here]
- It was previously known for having the shortest commercial runway in the world with runway 01/19 having a declared LDA distance of just 234 m. However, this runway is no longer in use.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-4BA672AD76344EA83E5C71E1B7FE78AB/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/AIP/AD/EG_AD_2_EGEW_en_2015-03-05.pdf|title=nats-uk.ead-it.com/}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.orkney.com/plan/getting-here Official website]
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