RAF Ballykelly  | |||||||||||
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| Ballykelly, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
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  RAF Ballykelly Shown within Northern Ireland  RAF Ballykelly RAF Ballykelly (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°03′16″N 07°01′12″W / 55.05444°N 7.02000°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command * No. 15 (GR) Group RAF Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940-41 | ||||||||||
| In use | June 1941-1971 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: BOL, ICAO: EGQB | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 3 metres (10 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Ballykelly, or more simply RAF Ballykelly, is a former Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry. It closed in 1971 when the site was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks. A small part of the base has been used as a refuelling point by army helicopters and small fixed-wing aircraft usually operating out of Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove near the town of Antrim.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 41.