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Prestwick

Major

Did you know?

One of Scotland’s favourite airfields has always remained extremely popular. One newspaper letter once stated: ‘If God had designed an airport, it would have been Prestwick.’

Also known as:	Glasgow Prestwick Airport / HMS Gannet / Monkton / Prestwick Airport / RAF Prestwick / RNAS Prestwick / The Window / USAAF Station 500
County:	South Ayrshire
Current Status:	Aviation / Industry
Date:	Opened December 1933
Current Use:	Active
Used By:	RAF / FAA / Civil / Civil (foreign) / USAAF / USAF
Landing Surface Types:	Unpaved, later paved

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

Air Charter Corporation
Aircraft Engineers Limited (AEL)
AML Contracts Ltd
Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ayrshire Energy Ltd
Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit
Building Diagnostic & Assessment Services Ltd
Caffe Ritazza
Coll
Cowan Executive Travel
Diamond Financial Solutions
Ecosse Associates
Elvis Presley Bar
Ewing & Co CPA
First ScotRail
Fotomania Ltd
Full Circle Logistics
G H Tooling Co
Garrett Lee Ltd
Glasgow Prestwick Airport Railway
Greer Aviation
Home & Away Express
Howard Group Ltd
Institute of Contemporary Scotland (ICS)
Kilmurry Clinics
Leaders UK and Ireland Ltd
Monkton Community Council
Neptune Seafoods Ltd
Nuance Tax and Duty Free
Prestwick Heritage Group
Prestwick Library
Prestwick North Community Council
Reid Quantum
Select Service Partner Ltd
Sleek Media
Starbucks
Surprising Scotland Ltd
The Food Village
Ticket Generator Ltd
W T Berrie
WHSmith
Yates

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

BAA plc
British Airports Authority
Prestwick International Airport Railway Station
Scottish Aviation Ltd
Stagecoach Group

Main unit(s) present:

No 1 AONS
No 1 CANS
No 1 (Coastal) OTU
No 2 (Coastal) OTU
No 2 Supplementary School of Wireless Telegraphy
No 3 Radio Direction Finding School
No 3 Radio School
No 4 FP ATA
No 4 FPP
No 4A FP ATA
No 4A FPP
No 4B FP ATA
No 4B FPP
No 6 AACU
No 7 AACU
No 10 AONS
No 12 E&RFTS
No 12 EFTS
No 102 Sqn
No 114 Sqn
No 141 Sqn
No 253 Sqn
No 263 Sqn
No 600 Sqn
No 602 Sqn
No 603 Sqn
No 610 Sqn
No 615 Sqn
No 800 Sqn
No 807 Sqn
No 810 Sqn
No 814 Sqn
No 819 Sqn
No 820 Sqn
No 825 Sqn
No 845 Sqn
No 1425 (Communication) Flight
No 1527 BAT Flight
No 1527 RAT Flight
No 1680 (Transport) Flight
No 1680 (Western Isles) Communications Flight
AI/ASV School
Air Caledonian
Air France
Air Wales
BOAC
British Airways
Caledonian Airways
Cargolux
Cougar Flying Club
Dan-Air
Dubrovnik Airline
Flybe
Flyglobespan
Flying Tigers
Glasgow UAS
Highland Express Airways
KLM
Monkton Flying Club
Northwest Orient Airlines
Orbest Orizonia Airlines
Pan Am
Prestwick Aero Club
Prestwick Flight Centre
Prestwick Flying Group
Reserve Echelon (Fighter Flight)
Ryanair
SAS
Scottish Airlines
Scottish Airways Flyers
Scottish Aviation Limited
Singapore Airlines Cargo

Canadair Sabre Mk 6 RCAF Prestwick Feb 63 img069 copy_filtered.jpg

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Canadair Sabres at Prestwick, February 1963. © Gordon Macadie.

A Canadair North Star, a development of the Douglas DC-4, and passengers at Prestwick, c.1950s. © Gordon Macadie

Two Scottish Aviation Pioneers at Prestwick, c. 1950s. © Gordon Macadie.

A Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer at Prestwick, c. 1950s. © Gordon Macadie.

A Scottish Aviation Pioneer at Prestwick, c. 1950s. © Gordon Macadie.

Looking across the airfield, c.1950s. © Gordon Macadie.

View of technical area and aircraft, c.1950s. © Gordon Macadie.

Orangefield house at Prestwick. The main terminal for the building in the post war area with hotel, restaurant and control tower added to the roof. Demolished 1966. Photograph c. 1950s. © Gordon Macadie.