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RAF Stornoway | |||||||||
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| Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland | |||||||||
 An aerial view of the airfield at Stornoway | |||||||||
  RAF Stornoway Location in Outer Hebrides  RAF Stornoway RAF Stornoway (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°13′07″N 006°19′53″W / 58.21861°N 6.33139°W | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force flying station | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Condition | Closed | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||
| In use | 1 April 1941 – 1945 1982 – 31 March 1998 | ||||||||
| Fate | Transferred to civilian use and became Stornoway Airport | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO, WMO: 03026 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Stornoway or more simply RAF Stornoway[2] is a former Royal Air Force station near the burgh of Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of Scotland. No. 112 Signals Unit Stornoway was also part of the RAF's activity on the airfield.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 182.
- ^ Jefford 2001, p. 166.