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	{{short description\|Defunct airfield in Maharashtra, India}}		{{short description\|Defunct airfield in Maharashtra, India}}
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	'''RAF Kalyan''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] station located at Nevali village 6 km south of [[Kalyan, India\|Kalyan]], operational during [[World War II]] in [[British India]]. It was the primary landing ground for the nearby city of Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) as early as 1920,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200152.html \|title=Imperial Air Routes\|publisher= [[FlightGlobal]] \|date=5 February 1920 \|accessdate=29 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> much before the airfields of [[Juhu Aerodrome\|Juhu]] and [[RAF Santacruz]] were established. Several Fighter Squadrons and support units were stationed at Kalyan from 1942 to 1947.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Kalyan \|title=RAF Kalyan\|publisher= www.rafweb.org \|date=9 January 2011 \|accessdate= 29 March ~~2022~~}} </ref>		'''RAF Kalyan''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] station located at Nevali village 6 km south of [[Kalyan, India\|Kalyan]], operational during [[World War II]] in [[British India]]. It was the primary landing ground for the nearby city of Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) as early as 1920,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200152.html \|title=Imperial Air Routes\|publisher= [[FlightGlobal]] \|date=5 February 1920 \|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> much before the airfields of [[Juhu Aerodrome\|Juhu]] and [[RAF Santacruz]] were established. Several Fighter Squadrons and support units were stationed at Kalyan from 1942 to 1947.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Kalyan \|title=RAF Kalyan\|publisher= www.rafweb.org \|date=9 January 2011 \|accessdate= 29 March 2013}} </ref>
	The field was abandoned after the war.		The field was abandoned after the war.
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{{short description|Defunct airfield in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = RAF Kalyan
| nativename = [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|90px]]
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| type = Military
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| operator = [[Royal Air Force]]
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| location = [[Kalyan]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| elevation-f = 60
| elevation-m = 20
| coordinates = {{coord|19|10|44.41|N|073|07|0.67|E|region:IN_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = India
| pushpin_label = RAF Kalyan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
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| r1-number = <s>08/26</s>
| r1-length-f = 6000
| r1-length-m = 1830
| r1-surface = <s>[[Concrete]]</s>
| r2-number = <s>03/21</s>
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'''RAF Kalyan''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] station located at Nevali village 6 km south of [[Kalyan, India|Kalyan]], operational during [[World War II]] in [[British India]]. It was the primary landing ground for the nearby city of Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) as early as 1920,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200152.html |title=Imperial Air Routes|publisher= [[FlightGlobal]] |date=5 February 1920 |accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref> much before the airfields of [[Juhu Aerodrome|Juhu]] and [[RAF Santacruz]] were established. Several Fighter Squadrons and support units were stationed at Kalyan from 1942 to 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Kalyan |title=RAF Kalyan|publisher= www.rafweb.org |date=9 January 2011 |accessdate= 29 March 2022}} </ref>
The field was abandoned after the war.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Unit
!Dates
!Aircraft
|-
|[[No. 20 Squadron RAF]]
|1945–1946
|[[Supermarine Spitfire]], [[Hawker Tempest]]
|-
|[[No. 110 Squadron RAF]]
|March 1942
|[[Vultee A-31 Vengeance|Vultee Vengeance]], [[de Havilland Mosquito]]
|-
|No. 7110 Servicing Echelon
|30 Sep – 6 Oct 1944
|
|-
|No. 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit
|1945 – Jan 1946
|
|-
|No 129 [[Staging post]]
|31 Jan – 7 Apr 1945
|
|}

==Current use==
The site now hosts a research and development laboratory of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC).<ref>{{cite news |author=Sanjay Jog |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/nsa-had-rejected-kalyan-site-for-mumbai-airport-in-2007-110082000099_1.html |title=NSA had rejected Kalyan site for Mumbai airport in 2007 |work=Business Standard News |date=20 January 2013 |accessdate=2015-10-31}}</ref>

==See also ==
* [[Kalyan Airstrip]]

==References==
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[[Category:Royal Air Force stations in Asia|Kalyan]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in Asia|Kalyan]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]

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