Investor Brief
Ownership
Country
🇬🇧United Kingdom
Region
Europe
Established
2,018
Launches / Year
0
Years Active
8
Strategic Position
55.4375° N, 5.6881° W
About
A decommissioned NATO airbase on the Kintyre peninsula, community-owned since the military left, holding Scotland's longest public airport runway (3,049 m) — the only bidder in the UK's 2018 spaceport competition to clear the 3,000 m minimum. In November 2025 ESA shortlisted Machrihanish as one of two UK candidate sites to host INVICTUS, Europe's Mach-5 reusable hypersonic test platform. Zero launches to date.
Key Features
Scotland's longest public runway (3,049 m), built to NATO standard
ESA INVICTUS hypersonic-test-platform shortlist (2025-11-24), one of two UK sites
Community-owned (MACC), over 1,000 acres with an attached business park
Cold War NATO infrastructure (fuel, hardened facilities) already in place