Landing at the only airport that's also a public beach - Barra Airport, in Na h-Eileanan Siar in the west of Scotland, is unique: it's the only commercial airport where the runway's made of sand, and tide covers it up twice a day. Here's how it works. | Tom Scott

This is Barra airport, the only airport in the world to run a regular service where flights take off and land on A tidal beach, its perhaps the most beautiful too. On top of taking 1500 passengers a year, the 19 seater planes that occupy this remarkable airport carry medical samples from the local hospital and guarantee the supply of daily newspapers to the island. Hear from one of the people tasked with keeping this unique airport on schedule in a brand new season of Europe From Above, premieri

The Isle of Barra is celebrating 80 years of its famous beach airport. The first flight landed in June 1936. It is now voted as one of the world's most scenic runways. More: http://bbc.in/236IIRb | BBC Scotland News

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