HMS Gannet (stone frigate)
| RNAS Prestwick (HMS Gannet) | |||||||||
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| Prestwick, South Ayrshire in Scotland | |||||||||
A Royal Navy Westland Sea King of the HMS Gannet Search and Rescue Flight during 2012 | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Forward Operating Base (FOB) | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°30′53.7″N 4°34′58.5″W / 55.514917°N 4.582917°W | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1971 | ||||||||
| In use | 1971 – 2002 (Royal Naval Air Station) 2002 – present (FOB) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK, WMO: 031350 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 19.9 metres (65 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Airfield shared with Prestwick Airport Source: UK AIP at NATS | |||||||||
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HMS Gannet is a forward operating base of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm located at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire in Scotland.
The facility was previously also known as Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Prestwick before it was downsized in 2001. It hosted the only Fleet Air Arm Search and Rescue (SAR) Flight in Scotland (HMS Gannet SAR Flight). The SAR Flight was decommissioned in March 2016, leaving the base to operate as a forward operating base and support to UK military.