Papa Westray Airport

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 Airport
Luggage being loaded onto an early morning flight to Kirkwall from the airstrip
IATA: PPW ICAO: 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
Map
EGEP Location in Orkney Show map of Orkney Islands EGEP EGEP (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
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 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]

Airline and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Loganair	Kirkwall, North Ronaldsay, Westray

References

1. "NATS – AIS – Home". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
2. "Getting Here". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
3. "Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

• Orkney Islands Council
• Shortest Flight Video on YouTube