EGPR

E455523

EGPR is the ICAO airport code for Barra Airport, a unique Scottish airport where scheduled flights land on a tidal beach.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
EGPR canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ICAO airport code
airportName Barra Airport
category public airport
country United Kingdom
elevation 1 metre
3 feet
flightType public transport
hasRunway direction 07/25
direction 11/29
direction 15/33
hasScheduledService Loganair
hasTerminalBuilding yes
IATA code BRR
identifies Barra Airport
locatedIn Outer Hebrides
Scotland
locatedOn Isle of Barra
notableFor scheduled flights landing on a tidal beach
operationalCharacteristic runways are submerged at high tide
operator Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
primaryRoute Barra–Glasgow
regionServed Na h-Eileanan Siar
runwayMarking wooden poles instead of painted markings
runwaySurface sand
runwayType beach runway
safetyNote operations restricted to daylight
serves Castlebay
Isle of Barra
timeZone Europe/London
uniqueFeature only airport in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as runway
usesMetricRunway yes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barra Airport ICAOcode EGPR
Barra Airport hasICAOcode EGPR
subject linked to: BRR