The World's Trickiest Airports


[post_page_title]Barra Airport, Barra, Scotland[/post_page_title]
Planes that are bound for the island of Barra in Scotland have used a beach as a makeshift runway since the 1930s. Despite the lack of runway there is a control tower responsible for handling the income and outgoing flights.
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There is the issue of the tide coming in as this forces flights to be scheduled around the movement of the ocean! Another major drawback has to be the pieces of sand and salt that eat up the bearing and can jam up the parts of the aeroplane, here’s hoping you are not on that flight then!

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