RAF Kirkistown
| RAF Kirkistown HMS Corncrake II | |||||||||||
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| Portavogie, County Down in Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
RAF Kirkistown on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941 | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force satellite station | ||||||||||
| Code | IK | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry Admiralty | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-44 RAF Northern Ireland 1944-45 Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°27′18″N 005°27′57″W / 54.45500°N 5.46583°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||||
| In use | July 1941 – 1952 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 metres (20 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Kirkistown or more simply RAF Kirkistown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) of Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland.
It was a satellite to the RAF Fighter Command airfield at Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula.