![Barra Airport shortlisted alongside Sochi and Rio de Janeiro as one of the most stunning airports in the world | Daily Mail Online Barra Airport shortlisted alongside Sochi and Rio de Janeiro as one of the most stunning airports in the world | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/02/24/article-2566570-1BC8FF1F00000578-960_636x382.jpg)
Barra Airport shortlisted alongside Sochi and Rio de Janeiro as one of the most stunning airports in the world | Daily Mail Online
![A beach airport, secret whisky stashes and the world's prettiest proposed nuclear waste dump: Walking Scotland's island of Barra | The Independent | The Independent A beach airport, secret whisky stashes and the world's prettiest proposed nuclear waste dump: Walking Scotland's island of Barra | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/30/13/visitscotland-37842611833.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
A beach airport, secret whisky stashes and the world's prettiest proposed nuclear waste dump: Walking Scotland's island of Barra | The Independent | The Independent
![Flybe plane on sandy airstrip Isle of Barra airport , Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK Stock Photo - Alamy Flybe plane on sandy airstrip Isle of Barra airport , Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EYFX9A/flybe-plane-on-sandy-airstrip-isle-of-barra-airport-barra-outer-hebrides-EYFX9A.jpg)
Flybe plane on sandy airstrip Isle of Barra airport , Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK Stock Photo - Alamy
![Barra Airport, located in the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland, is the only airport in the world where scheduled commercial flights use a beach as a runway (low tide permitting) [OS] [1024 Barra Airport, located in the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland, is the only airport in the world where scheduled commercial flights use a beach as a runway (low tide permitting) [OS] [1024](https://external-preview.redd.it/fITuOb6vqM-PGw2M92aBSUcGB3cIPxT3kx5C_xJ-C6U.jpg?auto=webp&s=d3e0a17725725a81ec109df042cdd4dd80589301)