One of Scotland's most famous airport runways has just been named one of the world's most beautiful. The runway at Barra, which sees the plane land on a stunning beach, was hailed as a 'must-see'.
Engineering experts Artemis Airspace named six runways in their list and the beach runway on the Hebridean island was top of the bunch.
Found on the northern tip of the island, close to the southern coast of South Uist, the natural runway sees planes land on the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhor.
Posting on their site, AA wrote: "It is estimated there are more than 41,000 airports in the world. While it would be impossible to visit them all, component supply specialist Artemis Aerospace ranks their top six must-see runways.
And speaking about Barra, the team wrote: "The only runway in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach for take-off and landing, Barra Airport in the Outer Hebrides is as unique as it is spectacular. Surrounded by rolling hills, the sandy beach is underwater at high tide, meaning flight times vary according to the tides."
READ MORE: Clip shows plane coming in to land at Barra airport's beautiful beach runway
Opened in the 1930s, it's one of the only airports in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway for planes to land and take off from.
Considered to be a bucket list trip, the flights, which come from Glasgow Airport, are entirely dictated by the tides as during the high tide, the beaches disappear.
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