RAF Fylingdales

Royal Air Force Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force station on Snod Hill in the , England. Its motto is Vigilamus. It is a radar base, formerly part of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, and now part of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: Royal Air Force operated ballistic missile early warning and space surveillance station in North Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Fylingdales Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station” and “費林代爾皇家空軍基地”
  • Address: Pickering, YO18 7NT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Malo Cross and Newton Dale Halt railway station.

Cross
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1¼ miles south of RAF Fylingdales.

Railway station
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is a request stop… is situated 2½ miles southwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles west of RAF Fylingdales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hole of Horcum and Goathland.

Locality
The is a section of the valley of the… is situated 2½ miles southwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. is situated 3½ miles northwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Hamlet
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is a small valley-based in the county of , . is situated 4½ miles northwest of RAF Fylingdales.

RAF Fylingdales

Latitude
54.3592° or 54° 21′ 33″ north
Longitude
-0.66781° or 0° 40′ 4″ west
Elevation
837 feet (255 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
Open location code
9C6X985J+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 630358917
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Geo­Names ID
12032448
Wiki­data ID
Q1126073
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“RAF Fylingdales” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “飛行峽谷皇家空軍基地”
  • Danish: “RAF Fylingdales”
  • Dutch: “RAF Fylingdales”
  • French: “RAF Fylingdales”
  • German: “RAF Fylingdales”
  • Japanese: “フィリングデール空軍基地”
  • Russian: “Файлингдейлс”
  • Spanish: “RAF Fylingdales”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Eller Beck Head and Derwent Head.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Radome and AN/FPS-132 Solid State Phased Array Radar System.

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