# RAF Castletown, Caithness, United Kingdom

**RAF Castletown** was an airport in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1940. It closed in 1945. It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1256

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1940
- Closed: 1945
- Coordinates: 58.5847, -3.3482
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Castletown (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275225
- Weather station: EGPC · WMO 03075
- Ident: GB-1256

## Timeline

- 1940: RAF Castletown opens.
- 1945: RAF Castletown closes.

## Nearby airports

- [WIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpc.md) Wick John O'Groats Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [EOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eged.md) Eday Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [LMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egqs.md) RAF Lossiemouth · 98 km / 61 mi
- [INV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpe.md) Inverness Airport · 123 km / 76 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-1256/data