RAF Kirkistown

RAF Kirkistown
HMS Corncrake II
Portavogie, County Down in Northern Ireland
RAF Kirkistown on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941
RAF Kirkistown is located in Northern Ireland
RAF Kirkistown
RAF Kirkistown
Shown within Northern Ireland
RAF Kirkistown is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Kirkistown
RAF Kirkistown
RAF Kirkistown (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates54°27′18″N 005°27′57″W / 54.45500°N 5.46583°W / 54.45500; -5.46583
TypeRoyal Air Force satellite station
CodeIK[1]
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Admiralty
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Royal Navy
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command 1941-44
RAF Northern Ireland 1944-45
Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built1940 (1940)/41
In useJuly 1941 – 1952 (1952)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation6 metres (20 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Tarmac
00/00  Tarmac
00/00  Tarmac

Royal Air Force Kirkistown or more simply RAF Kirkistown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) of Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland.

It was a satellite to the RAF Fighter Command airfield at Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula.

  1. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 122.