Renfrew Airport
Renfrew Airport was an airport located in Renfrew, Renfrewshire. The airport served the city of Glasgow until it was decommissioned in 1966 and was replaced by Glasgow Airport located 2 kilometres away in Abbotsinch.- Type: Memorial
- Description: airport in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Renfrew Airport Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Renfrew High School and Robertson Park.
Renfrew High School
School
Renfrew High School is a state-run secondary school in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school roll in the 2022-23 season was 841. The headteacher since October 2023 is Mr Andrew Sutherland. Renfrew High School is situated 1,100 feet north of Renfrew Airport.
Robertson Park
Park
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Robertson Park is in Renfrew, Scotland. It has recreational parkland and garden areas which are open to the public. Robertson Park is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Renfrew Airport.
Hillington West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillington West railway station is located in the Hillington district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving the western portion of the large Hillington industrial estate to the north, and the Penilee neighbourhood to the south. Hillington West railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Renfrew Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Renfrew and Penilee.
Renfrew
Town
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Renfrew is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located 6 miles west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire.
Penilee
Suburb
Penilee is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North and South Arkleston.
Renfrew Airport
- Categories: airport, air base, and historic site
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86776° or 55° 52′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.38603° or 4° 23′ 10″ westInception
1997Open location code
9C7QVJ97+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4883908163OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q7313156
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Renfrew Airport” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Renfrew”
- Hebrew: “שדה התעופה רנפרו”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Renfrew”
- Slovenian: “Letališče Renfrew”
- Slovenian: “Renfrew Airport”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include King George V Memorial Playing Fields and Arkleston Cemetery.
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