Papa Westray Airport

Papa Westray Airport
Luggage being loaded onto an early morning flight to Kirkwall from the airstrip
IATA: PPW ICAO: EGEP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Orkney Islands Council
Serves	Papa Westray
Elevation AMSL	91 ft / 28 m
Coordinates	59°21′06″N 002°54′01″W / 59.35167°N 2.90028°W / 59.35167; -2.90028Coordinates: 59°21′06″N 002°54′01″W / 59.35167°N 2.90028°W / 59.35167; -2.90028
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 527 1,729 Graded hardcore 07/25 334 1,096 Graded hardcore 18/36 343 1,125 Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS

Papa Westray Airport (IATA: PPW, ICAO: EGEP) is located 22 NM (41 km; 25 mi) north of Kirkwall Airport on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland. 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) and the scheduled flight time, including taxiing, is two minutes.

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.