RAF Sumburgh

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RAF Sumburgh
Sumburgh, Shetland Islands in Scotland
RAF Sumburgh Shown within Shetland Show map of Shetland RAF Sumburgh RAF Sumburgh (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	59°52′43″N 001°17′46″W / 59.87861°N 1.29611°W / 59.87861; -1.29611
Type	Royal Air Force Satellite Station
Code	UM[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1940-41 RAF Coastal Command 1941-
Site history
Built	1933 (1933)
In use	1933 – 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	1 metre (3 ft 3 in)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

Royal Air Force Sumburgh or more simply RAF Sumburgh is a former Royal Air Force satellite station that was located on the southern tip of the mainland island of the Shetland Islands, and was home to half of No. 404 Squadron RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force). At the outbreak of the Second World War the airstrip at the Sumburgh Links was taken over by the Air Ministry.^[2] By 1941 there were three operational runways at RAF Sumburgh from which a variety of RAF aircraft operated.^[2]