Tiree Airport ( gd, Port-adhair Thiriodh) is located north northeast of Balemartine on the island of

Tiree Tiree (; gd, Tiriodh, ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, ...

in the

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off the west coast of

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. It is owned and maintained by

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. The airport is served by a scheduled service from

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, operated by a

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History

The airfield is the former Royal Air Force Tiree which was requisitioned in 1940 and became operational in April 1942 before being transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1947. The following units were based at RAF Tiree at some point: *

No. 224 Squadron RAF No. 224 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both the First and Second World Wars. History It was formed on 1 April 1918, at Alimini, Italy from part of No. 6 Wing RNAS, equipped with the de Havilland DH.4. In Jun ...

No. 281 Squadron RAF No. 281 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron during the Second World War. History No. 281 Squadron was formed at RAF Ouston, England on 29 March 1942Jefford 2001, p. 85. as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped ...

* No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron * No. 518 Squadron RAF *

819 Naval Air Squadron 819 Naval Air Squadron (819 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. History Along with No. 815 Squadron, it performed the successful night attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto on 11 November 1940. The attack was perfo ...

845 Naval Air Squadron 845 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. Part of the Commando Helicopter Force, it is a specialist amphibious unit operating the AgustaWestland Commando Merlin HC4 helicopter and provides troop transport and load ...

1840 Naval Air Squadron 1840 Naval Air Squadron (1840 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. During World War II over 80% of the pilots were from the Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service ( nl, Marine ...

* No. 2842 Squadron RAF Regiment *

Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not ...

(October 1943 - February 1944)

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