# Dounreay/Thurso Airport, Thurso, Highland, United Kingdom

**Dounreay/Thurso Airport** was an airport in Thurso, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1944. It closed in 1954. It had one runway, 1,006 m (3,300 ft) long. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1236

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Thurso, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1944
- Closed: 1954
- Elevation: 7 m / 22 ft
- Coordinates: 58.5810, -3.7307
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,006 m / 3,300 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Dounreay (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275282
- Weather station: EGPC · WMO 03075
- Ident: GB-1236

## Timeline

- 1944: Dounreay/Thurso Airport opens.
- 1954: Dounreay/Thurso Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,006 m / 3,300 ft | 31 m / 100 ft |  |  |  |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Info | Dounreay Information | 122.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [WIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpc.md) Wick John O'Groats Airport · 39 km / 25 mi
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [EOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eged.md) Eday Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [LMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egqs.md) RAF Lossiemouth · 100 km / 62 mi
- [INV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpe.md) Inverness Airport · 117 km / 73 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1236/data