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Isle of Man
Andreas

RAF Andreas

Royal Air Force Andreas or more simply RAF Andreas is a former Royal Air Force station in the which was operational between 1941 and 1946. It was built in fields between and Bride in the north of the island.
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Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: former Royal Air Force Station on the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Andreas Airfield” and “VS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Andreas, Isle of Man.

Church
Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Andrew's Church, Andreas, is a Church of England in . The church is administered by the Diocese of Sodor and Man.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramsey and Andreas.

Photo: Sunshineramsey71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a port and beach resort on the northeast coast of the . It's about the island's closest point to England - Whitehaven is 36 miles northeast, so the port was historically important until Douglas developed.

Village
Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Kirk is a village on the , lying in the north of the island, 5 km from the island's second town, . There is a large, and nowadays little used, airfield in the vicinity.

Village
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the seventeen parishes of the . It is located in the north of the island in the sheading of Ayre.

RAF Andreas

Latitude
54.3714° or 54° 22′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.4239° or 4° 25′ 26″ west
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9C6Q9HCG+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 283493706
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q4755356
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“RAF Andreas” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Andreas and Dhowin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Scented Garden and Andreas Playing Fields.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 Andreas”. Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.