> On 3 Dec 2022, at 10:06, David Shaw - tihnessa at gmail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> Wick John o' Groats International Airport (to give it it's full title) in the far north of Scotland was - perhaps still is - a designated alternate landing site for the RAF

RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall is colocated with the civilian Newquay Airport, but AFAIK they only share runway facilities, not Terminal buildings. The RAF (used to?) use it as a base for ASW patrols over the Atlantic.

It has the distinction of having one of the longest runways in the UK ( certainly) and (I think) in the world, as it was a designated landing site for the US Space Shuttle while that was still a thing.

Regards, Andy
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