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Updated: 16/10/2026
Saba's single runway is 401 m long, with no safety area, stopway or clearway at either end; the take-off run available is only 349–355 m. Aircraft need specific authorisation from the Netherlands civil aviation authority to use it. Winair's Twin Otters fly in from Sint Maarten, a hop of about 12 minutes.
Sources: Dutch Caribbean eAIP, Saba (TNCS) · Saba Tourist Bureau, getting here
The largest of the Aran Islands has a 490 m runway, and the Irish AIP asks pilots to take care on landing because its surface is undulating. Aer Arann Islands flies from Connemara on the mainland in under ten minutes, gate to gate.
Sources: Irish AIP, Inishmore (EIIM), May 2026 · Aer Arann Islands service (Farel, July 2026)
Inis Oírr is the smallest of the three Aran Islands, with a 500 m runway. Since 2022 it has had direct flights from the mainland as well as hops to the other two islands.
Sources: Irish AIP, Inisheer (EIIR), May 2026 · Aer Arann Islands service (Farel, July 2026)
Coll is served a few days a week by an eight-seat Islander from Oban, on circuits that also call at Tiree and Colonsay. In term time there are 'scholar flights' for island pupils.
Sources: UK AIP, Coll (EGEL), April 2026 · Hebridean Air Services, winter timetable 2026/27
Colonsay's 502 m asphalt strip sees flights only on Thursdays and Sundays in winter, linking the island with Oban, Tiree and Coll.
Sources: UK AIP, Colonsay (EGEY), April 2026 · Hebridean Air Services, winter timetable 2026/27
Stronsay has the shortest main runway of Orkney's six North Isles airfields: 515 m of graded hardcore, plus a 331 m grass strip. Loganair's Islanders connect it with Kirkwall, Sanday and Eday.
Sources: UK AIP, Stronsay (EGER), April 2026 · Orkney Islands Council, inter-island air guide winter 2026/27
At 1,404 m in the hills of far-western Nepal, Bajura's 520 m runway is served by four short-take-off operators from Nepalgunj, mostly once or twice a week.
Sources: AIP Nepal, STOL aerodromes (30 Apr 2026) · CAAN domestic winter schedule 2026, Nepal Airlines
The gateway to Everest has a 527 m runway with an 11.7% upslope at 2,846 m. It is effectively one-way: aircraft land uphill and take off downhill, towards the valley.
Sources: AIP Nepal, STOL aerodromes (30 Apr 2026) · CAAN airport profile, Tenzing-Hillary (Lukla) · CAAN domestic winter schedule 2026, Tara Air
Westray is one end of the world's shortest scheduled flight: the hop to Papa Westray is timetabled at two minutes, and Loganair says it usually takes around 90 seconds.
Sources: UK AIP, Westray (EGEW), April 2026 · Loganair, Orkney inter-isles
Papa Westray is the other end of that two-minute flight. Its main runway is 527 m, with two shorter grass strips of 406 m and 293 m.
Sources: UK AIP, Papa Westray (EGEP), April 2026 · Orkney Islands Council, inter-island air guide winter 2026/27
Orkney's northernmost island has three runways, the shortest a 304 m grass strip. In winter the early flights from Kirkwall leave in darkness.
Sources: UK AIP, North Ronaldsay (EGEN), April 2026 · Orkney Islands Council, inter-island air guide winter 2026/27
Sanday has a 527 m hardcore runway and two grass runways of 410 m and 349 m, served on Loganair's multi-stop island circuits from Kirkwall.
Sources: UK AIP, Sanday (EGES), April 2026 · Orkney Islands Council, inter-island air guide winter 2026/27
Eday's airfield is known locally as 'London Airport', after the nearby Bay of London. It gets only a handful of flights a week, some on request.
Sources: UK AIP, Eday (EGED), April 2026 · Orkney Islands Council, inter-island air guide winter 2026/27
Inis Meáin's 534 m runway has sand dunes at its south-eastern end, and the Irish AIP warns of downdraughts and turbulence in westerly winds.
Sources: Irish AIP, Inishmaan (EIMN), May 2026 · Aer Arann Islands service (Farel, July 2026)
Bhojpur, at 1,208 m in the hills of eastern Nepal, is served only by Nepal Airlines' Twin Otter from Kathmandu, on some days of the week.
Sources: AIP Nepal, STOL aerodromes (30 Apr 2026) · CAAN domestic winter schedule 2026, Nepal Airlines
Fair Isle, between Orkney and Shetland, belongs to the National Trust for Scotland, which runs its 540 m gravel airstrip. The flight from Tingwall on Shetland takes about 25 minutes.
Sources: UK AIP, Fair Isle (EGEF), April 2026 · Airtask, Shetland passenger flights
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