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Eglinton (City of Derry) (Londonderry)

Major
Also known as: City of Derry Airport / Derry City Airport / Eglington (misspelling) / Eglinton Aerodrome / Eglinton Airport / HMS Gannet / HMS Sea Eagle / Londonderry Eglinton Airport / RAF Eglinton / RAF Station, Eglinton / RN Air Station, Eglinton / RNAS Eglinton / USAAF Station 344
County: Derry City
Current Status: Aviation
Date: Opened April 1941
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / FAA (main user) / Civil (main user) / Civil (foreign) / RNZAF / USAAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Airliner (main role) / Air-sea rescue / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Fighter (main role) / General aviation / Naval aviation (main role) / Trainer

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • North West Model Aircraft Club

Main unit(s) present:

  • 2nd FS
  • 4th FS
  • 5th FS

  • 5th Naval Fighter Wing

  • 7th Naval Fighter Wing

  • 10th Naval Fighter Wing

  • 13th Carrier Air Group

  • 14th Carrier Air Group

  • 15th Carrier Air Group

  • 17th Carrier Air Group

  • 20th Carrier Air Group

  • No 41 Sqn

  • 51st Training Air Group

  • 52nd FG

  • 52nd Training Air Group

  • 53rd Training Air Group

  • No 133 Sqn

  • No 134 Sqn

  • No 152 Sqn

  • No 153 Sqn

  • No 275 Sqn

  • No 485 Sqn
  • No 501 Sqn
  • No 504 Sqn

  • No 706 Sqn

  • No 718 Sqn

  • No 719 Sqn

  • No 725 Sqn

  • No 737 Sqn

  • No 744 Sqn

  • No 745 Sqn

  • No 756 Defence Sqn

  • No 768 Sqn

  • No 782 Sqn

  • No 794 Sqn

  • No 795 Sqn

  • No 800 Sqn

  • No 802 Sqn

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  • No 825 Sqn

  • No 827 Sqn

  • No 833 Sqn

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  • No 838 Sqn

  • No 845 Sqn

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  • No 849 Sqn

  • No 849C Flight

  • No 849D Flight

  • No 850 Sqn

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  • No 856 Sqn

  • No 878 Sqn

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  • No 890 Sqn

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  • No 892 Sqn

  • No 894 Sqn

  • No 896 Sqn

  • No 898 Sqn

  • No 1493 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight

  • No 1493 (TT) Flight

  • No 1830 Sqn

  • No 1831 Sqn

  • No 1832 Sqn

  • No 1835 Sqn

  • No 1837 Sqn

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  • No 1850 Sqn

  • No 1851 Sqn

  • No 1852 Sqn

  • No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2754 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2756 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Eglinton Flying Club

  • Eglinton Flying Group

  • Emerald Airways

  • flybmi

  • Joint Anti-Submarine School

  • Orbest Orizonia Airlines

  • Ryanair

  • Thomson Airways

001RNAS Eglinton Derry City Airport 20 July 1989.BMP

A brochure for the sale of airfield buildings at Eglinton, 1989. Courtesy of Welbeck Estate Group

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Looking down the main runway at Eglinton, 24 October 2007.

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Drop off point at Eglinton, 1 August 2013.

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Plan of Eglinton, c. 1940s. © Royal Navy Research Archive. Click here for more information.

Satellite(s):

Cluntoe / Limavady / Maydown / Sydenham / Toome
Decoy Airfield(s):

Faughanvale

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