Aircraft: Pilatus PC-24 Cargo Airport: EGPR Barra Eoligarry Simulator: MSFS 2024
0:13 Beach View 1:00 Turning To Final 2:00 Cleared To Land 2:15 Setting Up AP For RNAV Approach 3:55 500 ft 4:00 AP Off 4:40 100 ft 4:50 Touchdown! 4:58 Runway WHAT? 5:09 Taxiing To Gate 6:18 External View Of The Beach 7:15 External View Of The Airport 7:38 Setting Up Parking Brake 7:45 Turning Off The Airplane
Flight Sim Hardware: Honeycomb Alpha Flight Yoke Honeycomb Bravo Flight Quadrant Logitech Flight Rudder Pedals Logitech Flight Switch Panel Logitech Flight Multi Panel 2X Logitech Flight Radio Panel Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition (not in use in this video) 2X Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant Airbus Edition + Flaps & Airbrake Addon
Yes, I know I can't land a jet-powered airplane in an airport with no asphalt runways but it was a career mission I found interesting to accomplish to enable more parts of the planet Earth for me.
Also MSFS 2024 is so mad on create cargo missions with Pilatus PC-24 on too short airfields.
Barra Eoligarry Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) is a short-runway airport situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the northern tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
The airport is unique, believed to be the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway.
The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
Barra Airport opened in 1936 and the first airliner to use it was a de Havilland Dragon. The airport's only destination is Glasgow.
The beach is set out with three runways in a triangle, marked by permanent wooden poles at their ends, in directions 07/25, 11/29, 15/33.
This means that almost always the DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft that serve the airport can land into the wind.
At high tide, these runways are under the sea; flight times vary with the tide.
Emergency flights occasionally operate at night from the airport, with vehicle lights used to illuminate the runway and reflective strips laid along the beach.
Barra Airport also has a Civil Aviation Authority Ordinary Licence Number P792 that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee Highlands & Islands Airports Limited.
The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.
Since 2017, passengers departing from Barra, as well as Campbeltown and Tiree, have not been subject to security checks, instead declaring that they do not have any prohibited items.
Upon arrival at Glasgow, passengers connecting to other flights must go through security there.
In 2024, the HIAL invested £1.5 million for Barra Airport refurbishment, which included the installation of external wall insulation, paving, decking, and modernising the café and lobby.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Barra Airport:
Airlines | Destinations Loganair | Glasgow
The beach is also popular with visitors and cockle pickers, who are asked to observe the windsock to see if the airport is in operation.
In 2011, Barra Airport was voted No.1 in the world's top airport approaches by a poll conducted by PrivateFly.com, up from 10th place in 2010.