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Islay, Port Ellen Airfield
Airfield (20th Century)
Site Name Islay, Port Ellen Airfield
Classification Airfield (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glenegedale Airfield; Islay Airfield
Canmore ID 94297
Site Number NR35SW 17
NGR NR 3250 5150
NGR Description Centred NR 3250 5150
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94297
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR35SW 17.00 centred 3250 5150
NR35SW 17.01 NR 3319 5202 Operations Block
NR35SW 17.02 NR 3333 5192 Shooting Butt
NR35SW 17.03 NR 3290 5194 Gun-emplacement
NR35SW 17.04 NR 3310 5150 and NR 3314 5141 Gun-emplacements
NR35SW 17.05 NR 3466 5220 and NR 3467 5223 Building; Water Tank
NR35SW 17.06 NR 3185 5455 Building
NR35SW 17.07 NR 3416 5182 Engine House
Also known less frequently as Glenegedale or Islay, the airfield opened during 1940. In 1941, three runways in the special sand mix and bitumen reserved for boggy and ill-drained land were built, the first being competed during the summer of 1942.
The airfield passed to the Ministry of Aviation in 1947, sheduled services being operated to Campbeltown and Glasgow by BEA, later BA, and then transferred to Loganair in 1977. The original tower still survives in use and the operations block is now used commercially.
D J Smith 1983.
This site was recorded but not visited by Mr Guy.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Vol.1, 30-3.
