Papa Westray Airport

Papa Westray Airport is located on , Orkney Islands, Scotland, 24 NM north of . 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 .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “EGEP”, “Papa Westray”, and “PPW”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Westray and Knap of Howar.

Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.

Archaeological site
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The on the island of in , , is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe.

Church
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St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray is a historic church and graveyard located on the island of in , . The site of the church dates back to the Iron Age and was possibly used later as a Christian monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierowall.

Village
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village of in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern . The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Bay.

Papa Westray Airport

Latitude
59.35121° or 59° 21′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.8987° or 2° 53′ 55″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Operator
Orkney Islands Council
IATA airport code
PPW
ICAO airport code
EGEP
Open location code
9CFV9422+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 87893858
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7303336
Wiki­data ID
Q2033856
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Satellite Map

Discover Papa Westray Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Papa Westray Airport” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “帕帕韋斯特雷機場”
  • Finnish: “Papa Westrayn lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Papa Westray”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Papa Westray”
  • German: “Flughafen Papa Westray”
  • German: “Papa Westray Airport”
  • Indonesian: “EGEP”
  • Indonesian: “PPW”
  • Japanese: “パパ・ウェストレー空港”
  • Japanese: “パパ・ウェストレイ空港”
  • Japanese: “パパ・ウエストレイ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Papa Westray”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه پاپا وست ری”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه پاپا وست‌ری”
  • Piemontese: “Papa Westray Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Papa Westray”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Papa Westray”
  • Russian: “Папа Вестрэй”
  • Russian: “Папа-Уэстрей”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи попо вист‌рий”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานแพปาเวสตรีย์”
  • Turkish: “Papa Westray Havalimanı”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Papa Westray”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Papa Westray”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Holland and The Noust.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beltane House and The Kelp Store.

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