RAF Ballykelly
Royal Air Force Ballykelly, or more simply RAF Ballykelly, is a former Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry. It closed in 1971 when the site was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Airbase
- Description: airport in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ballykelly Airport” and “Royal Air Force Ballykelly”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballykelly Presbyterian Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballykelly and Limavady.
Ballykelly
Village
Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballykelly is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady A2 road and is 15 miles east of Derry.
Limavady
Limavady is a market town in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, in the scenic Roe Valley. Limavady is nowadays part of Causeway Coast and Glens District, and in 2021 had a population of 11,000.
Artikelly
Locality
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Artikelly is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 360 people. It is 1 km north east of Limavady and adjoins the major industrial area at Aghanloo. Artikelly is situated 3½ miles east of RAF Ballykelly.
RAF Ballykelly
- Categories: air base, Royal Air Force station, and transportation
- Location: Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover RAF Ballykelly from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“RAF Ballykelly” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ballykelly Airport”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Ballykelly”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Ballykelly”
- Swedish: “Ballykelly Airport”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carrowclare and Crindle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Limavady Junction and River Roe.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “RAF Ballykelly”. Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.