RAF Drem

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RAF Drem RNAS Drem (HMS Nighthawk) West Fenton Aerodrome Gullane Aerodrome
Drem, East Lothian in Scotland
RAF Drem Shown within East Lothian Show map of East Lothian RAF Drem RAF Drem (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	56°01′19″N 2°47′38″W / 56.022°N 2.794°W / 56.022; -2.794
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	DE[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry Admiralty
Operator	Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force Royal Navy
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command (1939) RAF Fighter Command (1939 - 1945) * No. 13 Group RAF[1] Fleet Air Arm (1942 - 1946) *lodger unit (1942 - 1945)
Site history
Built	1917 (1917)
In use	1917 - March 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	First World War European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	11 metres (36 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Drem, or more simply RAF Drem, is a former Royal Air Force station, just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian, Scotland. The motto of the station was Exiit Hinc Lumen which means "Light has departed from this place".