RAF Bishops Court

Royal Air Force Bishops Court or more simply RAF Bishops Court is a former Royal Air Force airfield, radar control and reporting station located on the south east coast of Northern Ireland, approximately 5.8 miles (9.3 km) from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland and 24.7 miles (39.8 km) from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

In its civil role, the civilian personnel (using the military radar) controlled air traffic, primarily over the Atlantic to ensure correct height and separation.

The Irish Republican Army fired five mortar bombs at the radar site on 11 September 1989.

[4] The responsibilities of the site were assumed by the air traffic control centre at Prestwick, Scotland, in October 1978.

[2] Today at least one runway remains intact and is used by gliders, the married quarters are now civilian housing.