Papa Westray Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Orkney Islands Council | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Papa Westray | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°21′04″N 002°54′01″W / 59.35111°N 2.90028°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | orkney.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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  EGEP Location in Orkney  EGEP EGEP (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Papa Westray Airport (IATA: PPW, ICAO: EGEP) is located on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 24 NM (44 km; 28 mi) north of Kirkwall.[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)[citation needed] 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]
In March 2025 The Economist sought out readers to share their favourite airports with the publication. Stephanie Mitchell brought PPW to readers' attention by claiming that "...when it comes to most wonderful airports the honour must go to one or both of Papa Westray in Orkney or Barra in the Hebrides. No danger of feeling like a sheep in the crowd in either one, although either probably offers close proximity to actual sheep."[4]
Airline and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Loganair | Kirkwall, North Ronaldsay, Westray |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NATS Aeronautical Information Service (eAIS Package UK): EGEP Papa Westray". 16 April 2026. pp. AD 2.2, AD 2.12. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ "Getting Here". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Our readers' favourite airports". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
External links
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Media related to Papa Westray Airport at Wikimedia Commons
