PPW

Papa Westray Airport

ICAO EGEP59.3510°N 2.9004°W28 m / 91 ftSmall airport
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Papa Westray Airport
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Papa Westray Airport (IATA: PPW, ICAO: EGEP) is a small airport in Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It has 3 runways; the longest is 527 m (1,729 ft). It is operated by Orkney Islands Council.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21032° / 212°
LENGTH527 m1,729 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEGravel
18/36176° / 356°
LENGTH343 m1,125 ftWIDTH31 m101 ftSURFACEGrass
07/25064° / 244°
LENGTH334 m1,096 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PPW. From the Wikipedia article “Papa Westray Airport” (revision of 21 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway527 m1,729 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=26,723of 29,823 · =2,666 Europe · =254 GBElevation28 m91 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,207of 43,341 · =4,966 Europe · =463 GBRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =32 Europe · =11 GB
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record