Barra Airport, in Scotland has been selected as one of the world's most stunning airport approaches The Outer Hebrides airport handled 10,560 passengers last year and is one of the smallest airports in the shortlist Last year the winner was Nice Cote D'Azur, which was praised by voters for its 'sublime beauty'

By John Hutchinson for MailOnline

Published: 04:55 EST, 18 March 2015 | Updated: 05:49 EST, 18 March 2015

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A Scottish airport has been shortlisted in the hunt to find the world's most iconic and scenic plane landings

Barra Airport, Scotland - and the world's - only regular beach runway has been selected as one of the world's most stunning airport approaches in a competition which sees the small island airport go head to head with some of the best known destinations.

The airport is competing for top spot in a poll by PrivateFly.com,the leading private jet booking service, against some of the world's most iconic airports, including Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Venice, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Hong Kong.

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