RAF Dounreay

RAF Dounreay
IATA: none ICAO: EGPY
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	RAF, Royal Navy
Location	Dounreay
In use	1944–1954
Elevation  AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	58°35′0″N3°43′40″W / 58.58333°N 3.72778°W / 58.58333; -3.72778
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EGPY Location in Highland

Was an airfield in Dounreay, UK that opened in April 1944. ^[1]

In 1955 the airfield was taken over by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) for developing a fast breeder reactor. One runway was kept operational until the 1990s for transport to/from the site.

See also

• Dounreay

References

1. "ControlTowers.co.uk – Dounreay". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2009.

• Delve, Ken (2010). The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN   978-1-84797-027-5.
• Smith, David J. (1983). Action Stations: 7. Military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN   0-85059-563-0.