Alderney Airport — Saint Anne, Guernsey

Alderney Airport, on the small Channel Island of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, operates three runways out of the town of Saint Anne at 290 feet above sea level, an unusually high count for such a small island. That layout allows flexibility depending on the often-changing Channel winds. Alderney is one of the smaller inhabited Channel Islands, sitting closer to the French coast than to mainland Britain. The island's main scheduled air connection to Guernsey and the UK runs through this medium-classified field, a route many residents and visitors depend on given how few direct ferry routes serve the island.