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====Air==== [[Highlands and Islands Airports Limited|Highland and Islands Airports]] operates the main airport in Orkney, [[Kirkwall Airport]]. [[Loganair]] provides services to the Scottish mainland ([[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]], [[Edinburgh Airport|Edinburgh]], [[Glasgow Airport|Glasgow]] and [[Inverness Airport|Inverness]]), as well as to [[Sumburgh Airport]] in Shetland.<ref name=visork>[http://www.visitorkney.com/gettinghere.asp "Getting Here"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502072758/http://www.visitorkney.com/gettinghere.asp |date=2 May 2009 }} Visit Orkney. Retrieved 13 September 2009.</ref> Within Orkney, the council operates airports on most of the larger islands including [[Stronsay Airport|Stronsay]], [[Eday Airport|Eday]], [[North Ronaldsay Airport|North Ronaldsay]], [[Westray Airport|Westray]], [[Papa Westray Airport|Papa Westray]], [[Sanday Airport|Sanday]], and [[Flotta#Airport|Flotta]].<ref>[http://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport.html "Air Travel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603165324/http://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport.html |date=3 June 2009 }} Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 13 September 2009.</ref> The [[Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route|shortest scheduled air service in the world]], between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray, is scheduled at two minutes' duration<ref>[http://www.westraypapawestray.co.uk/getting-here/ "Getting Here"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407105120/http://www.westraypapawestray.co.uk/getting-here/ |date=7 April 2012 }} Westray and Papa Westray Craft and Tourist Associations. Retrieved 7 January 2010.</ref> but can take less than one minute if the wind is in the right direction.
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