RAF Perranporth | |
Ensign: | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Perranporth, Cornwall |
Country: | England |
Type: | Satellite Station |
Pushpin Map: | Cornwall |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Cornwall |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Perranporth |
Ownership: | Air Ministry |
Operator: | Royal Air Force |
Controlledby: | RAF Fighter Command 1941-44 RAF Coastal Command 1944 RAF Transport Command 1944- |
Code: | PP |
Built: | /41 |
Used: | April 1941 – April 1946 |
Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
Elevation: | 97m (318feet) |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Surface: | Tarmac |
R2-Number: | 09/27 |
R2-Surface: | Tarmac |
R3-Number: | 18/36 |
R3-Surface: | Tarmac |
Royal Air Force Perranporth or more simply RAF Perranporth is a former Royal Air Force satellite station situated near Perranporth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.
The 330 acre (134 hectares) airfield was built as an RAF Fighter Command station in the Second World War in 1941 and is situated on Cligga cliffs in the north of Cornwall.
Rare 1942 film footage of RAF pilots and Spitfires at RAF Perranporth is shown on the BBC website.[1]
The airfield was later converted to civilian use as Perranporth Airfield; it currently has three hard surface runways and two grass strips.