Whitecairns is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland,[1] lying 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of Potterton and 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) south of Pitmedden on the B999 road.

Regular bus services link Whitecairns with Potterton and Aberdeen to the south, and with Pitmedden and Tarves to the north.

[2] During the Second World War, Harestone Moss, close to Whitecairns was set up as a decoy site for RAF Dyce airfield.

The decoy was bombed on several occasions, two craters are still present today.

This decoy site had a bunker that housed a generator used to power the dummy airfield lights.