Actually we have in the UK what is claimed to be the only one in the world with commercial flights! I haven¹t tried it myself!
>From Wikipedia: Barra Airport (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a 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. The beach is set out with three runways, marked by wooden poles at their ends. This allows the Twin Otters that serve the airport to almost always 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 on to the beach. Barra Aerodrome has a CAA 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra_Airport,_Scotland ________________ Alon A2 A-188 G-HARY www.ercoupe.co.uk On 1/6/10 15:50, "Donald" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your post really got my attention, I had just arrived home from an afternoon > on the beach at South Padre Island, and was commenting while there that except > for the sun bathers, one could land an Ercoupe easily on that beach. Nice to > see it has been done. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:ercoupe-flyin%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Marty Due" <marty-d...@...> wrote: >> >> A couple of Saturdays ago, we flew down to Westport, WA, and then up to >> Copalis Beach, where we landed on the beach. Supposedly, it is the only >> state airport on an ocean beach. We landed just after high tide. There are >> as can be as many as 70 planes there on a good day, I read somewhere. Here >> is the airport guide info and pic: >> http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/AllStateAirports/CopalisBeach_CopalisState.h >> tm >> >> Here is a video of us on the beach after landing (my copilot forgot to push >> the record button on the camera while we were landing, with all the >> excitement of landing there for the first time): >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SKkJsF9SLw >> >> and here is a video of us taking off: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k-rs4m29Q0 >> >> When we got back to KRNT, we thouroughly washed down the whole airplane, >> especially the gear. Although we don't plan on doing this often, we look >> forward to going back down there again when a lot more folks are down there. >> There are a lot of videos of planes landing down there on You Tube, including >> an old twin Beach taildragger. One of the local we met on the beach said a >> guy with a turbine Goose comes down once in awhile and impresses everyone >> while he back the plane up the beach after landing. Cool! >> Marty Duke N846MD KRNT >> >
