RAF Dounreay

Was an airfield in Dounreay, UK that opened in April 1944.

RAF Dounreay
IATA: none ICAO: EGPY
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	RAF, Royal Navy
Location	Dounreay
In use	1944–1954
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	58°35′0″N 3°43′40″W
Map
EGPY Location in Highland

In 1955 the airfield was taken over by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) for developing a fast breeder reactor. One runway was kept operational until the 1990s for transport to/from the site.

See also

• Dounreay

References

• Delve, Ken (2010). The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-84797-027-5.
• Smith, David J. (1983). Action Stations: 7. Military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 0-85059-563-0.