Beach runways
Airfields where aircraft land on the beach itself, chosen by the editors, open ones first. An editorial list: each place is here on a source, named below.
8 ENTRIES
NO.CODEICAOAIRPORTCCSTATUSPLACE
Sources
- 01Barra Airport. Three runways marked by wooden posts on the tidal beach of Traigh Mhòr, under the sea at high tide: the only airport where scheduled flights land on a tidal beach. Wikipedia: Barra Airport
- 02Sable Island Airport. No runway and no buildings: aircraft land on the hard sand of the island's south beach. Wikipedia: Sable Island Aerodrome
- 03Copalis State Airport. The runway is a stretch of Pacific beach, usable around low tide only; no aircraft may stay overnight. WSDOT Aviation: Copalis State
- 04Pebble Island Beach Airstrip. Elephant Beach, the longest sand beach in the Falklands, is the island's alternative airstrip when the grass one is waterlogged. Falkland Islands Tourist Board: Pebble Island
- 05Rømø Beach Airstrip. Danish Air Force Hercules and other NATO transports practise landings on Lakolk beach, closed to the public while they do. DR: Fly øver landinger på dansk strand
- 06Birkdale Sands Beach Runway. Sand runways flagged on Birkdale sands: a stop of Avro's 1919 Manchester–Southport–Blackpool service, then pleasure flights into the 1960s. UK Airfield Guide: Southport flying sites
- 07Benone Strand/Londerry Airfield. Gliders, not powered aircraft: the Ulster Gliding Club flew from the strand from 1932 and again after the war. Ulster Gliding Centre: Our history
- 08St Aubin's Bay Airfield. Jersey's first airport, 1933–1937: Jersey Airways Dragons flew scheduled services from the beach, to the tide, until the island airport opened. Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust: St Aubin's Bay