Former RAF Hall Caine

Isle of Man / Ramsey /
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Hall Caine Airport was the first airfield on the Isle of Man, It was used by the RAF and served the Island as a Chartered Airfield. But after WW2 it fell into disuse as there was now three good concrete airfield to chose from, so Ronaldsway became the main airfield as it is closest to the capital. The airfield was used by the Gliding club in the 1990s but they relocated to Andreas airfield.

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Coordinates:   54°20'8"N   4°25'43"W

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  • RAF wasn't formed until after WW1
  • Hall Caine (Close Farm) airfield only operated between 1934 and 1937, never becoming a RAF station. Nearby Jurby airfield (4 miles WNW), built in 1938, became RAF Jurby in 1939 and RAF Andreas, built in 1940, (2 miles N) opened in 1941. Ronaldsway airfield, which had be operational from 1928, became RAF Ronaldsway on the outbreak of WWII.
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