Airport type Military Elevation AMSL 16 ft / 5 m Owner Ministry of Defence | Location Elgin, Moray 00/00 0 Year built 1941 | |
Operator Royal Air Force
Royal Navy In use 1941-1946
Royal Air Force use
1946-1977
Royal Navy use
1977 – present
Ministry of Defence use | ||
Royal Air Force Station Milltown or RAF Milltown is a former Royal Air Force station located south of the Moray Firth and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Elgin, Scotland.
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Flying stopped in 1977 but the site is still used by the Ministry of Defence.
History
RAF Milltown, lying to the southeast of Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, began life as a bombing decoy for nearby RAF Lossiemouth. Between 1941 and 1943, three runways and two hangars were constructed and the airfield became a satellite of RAF Lossiemouth.
In July 1946, along with RAF Lossiemouth, Milltown was officially handed over to the Royal Navy as HMS Fulmar II, a Deck Landing Training School.
Closed for flying in 1977, the site was developed as a communications station, and has some 50 masts visible. It has been an RAF signals transmitter station transmitting RAF VOLMET (using a 600W transmitter) and RAF STCICS. Since the award of the MOD HF signals contract to VT Communications the site is surplus but will be retained by the MOD for services use.
Squadrons and aircraft
RNAS HMS FULMAR gliding club and Highland Gliding Club.
Current use
The majority of the runways and taxiways are intact but a number of the aircraft stands have been removed.