Barra Airport is the airport one of the most spectacular and beautiful, the world is located on the Hebridean island, Barra. The airport is actually the beach, which is used as an airport when the flight is scheduled to take off and land on the beach. That is, given three runway airport that is not submerged during high tide. Barra airport near shallow bays Traigh Mhor, Barra far north, the coast was first used as the plane took off since June 14, 1933. Scheduled air services to and from Barra Airport began on August 7, 1936.
The beach is set into three runways, which are marked with wooden poles at the ends. This allows the Twin Otter that serve the airport to almost always land into the wind. At high tide, the runway was under the sea and the flight must be rescheduled on a regular basis after the tide receded. If needed emergency landing vehicle with night lights used to illuminate the runway and put reflective strips to the beach.
Surprisingly, Barra beach is also open for use by the general masyarakt. In fact, a very popular place to look for oysters. Beach visitors can find out whether the airport operates to see if the windsock is flying or not.
Although flying from or out of Barra sounds like a great adventure, the airport is subject to the same safety rules as everywhere else. Facilities include a modern emergency service, although the airport crew personnel here more often doing jobs such as dolphins stranded or help secure / isolate Traigh Mhor than doing work related to the operation pesaw
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