RAF Dounreay | |
Icao: | EGPY |
Type: | Military |
Operator: | RAF, Royal Navy |
Location: | Dounreay |
Used: | 1944–1954 |
Elevation-M: | 34 |
Elevation-F: | 112 |
Coordinates: | 58.5833°N -3.7278°W |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland Highland |
Pushpin Label: | EGPY |
Pushpin Map Caption: | 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.