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Limavady

Major
Also known as: Aghanloo (unofficial local name) / Aghanloo Industrial Estate / Limavady Aerodrome / Limavady Business Park / RAF Limavady / Windyhill Retail Park
County: Limavady
Current Status: Industry
Date: December 1940 - 1958
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / FAA
Landing Surface Types: Paved

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2016):

  • 3PS Computer Services Ltd
  • Arbarr Electronics Ltd
  • Ashland Chemicals & Hygiene Supplies Ltd
  • Box Displays Ltd
  • Kingsbury Packaging (Limavady)
  • LCD Driving Academy
  • Limavady Library
  • Roe Valley Enterprises Ltd
  • Roe Valley Historical Society
  • Toolville Limited
  • TY Fitness

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 7 (Coastal) OTU

  • No 22 ACHU

  • No 48 Sqn
  • No 53 Sqn

  • No 143 Sqn

  • No 153 Sqn
  • No 172 Sqn

  • No 217 Sqn
  • No 221 Sqn

  • No 224 Sqn

  • No 245 Sqn
  • No 281 Sqn

  • No 304 Sqn
  • No 407 San

  • No 500 Sqn
  • No 502 Sqn

  • No 612 Sqn

  • No 811 Sqn

  • No 819 Sqn

  • No 825 Sqn

  • No 846 Sqn

  • No 850 Sqn

  • No 2754 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Coastal Command Anti U-Boat Devices School

  • Loran Training Unit

  • North West Flying Group

  • Torpedo Training Flight

Various photographs of Limavady. Courtesy of Ulster's War Graves

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

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Eglinton

Satellite(s):

Ballykelly

Decoy Airfield(s):

Crindle

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