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RNAS Fearn Air Base (EG73) lies in the Highland countryside near Tain, Scotland, on the site of a former Royal Naval Air Station. Its unusual four-runway layout, a legacy of wartime naval flying training, makes it a distinctive if little-documented destination for the virtual pilot exploring the northern Highlands.
RNAS Fearn Air Base sits close to the town of Tain in Highland, Scotland, at an elevation of 26 feet. The name identifies it as a former Royal Naval Air Station, and its layout of four separate runway pairs, rather than the single strip typical of most small airfields, reflects that naval training heritage. For the simulator pilot it offers an unusual multi-runway field in a remote and scenic part of the Scottish Highlands.
The airfield is located near Tain, Highland, Scotland, at coordinates 57.7576, -3.9484. The nearest official weather reporting station is Inverness Airport, some 13.3 nautical miles (24.6 km) to the south-southwest (https://ourairports.com/airports/GB-1227/weather.html). No controlled airspace, ATZ or other nearby aerodromes are noted in available records.
The field has four physical runways. Runway 03/21 is 3,653 feet long with a hard surface. Runway 02/20 is 3,198 feet long, also hard-surfaced. Runway 06/24 is a shorter grass strip of 2,726 feet, equipped with lighting. Runway 01/19 completes the layout at 2,501 feet, again with a hard surface. This arrangement of four crossing runways, rather than a single reciprocal pair, is characteristic of a wartime naval air station designed to allow operations regardless of wind direction.
No radio frequencies, callsign or air traffic service are recorded for the field. There is no ILS or other instrument approach available. The nearest listed navigational aids are both non-directional beacons at very long range: the Waterford NDB in Ireland (368 kHz) at 351.3 nautical miles and the Norwich NDB in the United Kingdom (372 kHz) at 355.3 nautical miles, both far too distant to be of practical use for navigation to the field (https://ourairports.com/airports/GB-1227/closest-navaids.html).
The name RNAS Fearn identifies the site as a former Royal Naval Air Station, placing its origins in naval aviation training rather than civil flying. The field's four-runway configuration, unusual for a small airfield, is typical of the layout adopted at wartime training stations to permit operations into wind from multiple directions. Navigational aid records for the site are marked as closed, consistent with its no longer being an active naval or civil aerodrome (https://ourairports.com/airports/GB-1227/closest-navaids.html).
RNAS Fearn Air Base is not recorded as the home base for any current operators, and its associated navigational aids are listed as closed (https://ourairports.com/airports/EG73/, https://ourairports.com/airports/GB-1227/closest-navaids.html). No information is available on current flying clubs, fuel availability, operating hours or whether prior permission is required to visit.
