A sinister foreign flight landing at Prestwick
Prestwick Airport is supposed to be a civilian airport where people set off to their holidays in the sun—and officially it is. But there is definitely something a bit odd about it.
Although it is Scotland's biggest airport in terms of area covered, it is only fifth in the number of passengers carried (Edinburgh 15.8 million passengers in 2024, Glasgow 8.1 million, Aberdeen 2.3 million, Inverness 0.8 million, and Prestwick just 535,570!).
With these numbers you would think it would be closing down, but it isn't and it's not about to.
This is because Prestwick is more important than it looks. Part of this is the aero-industry companies located there, but another very important reason is its usefulness as a "secret" military base, but not for the UK. Instead for a foreign power that may even be hostile to us at times—yes, Trump's America.
This is because Prestwick is more important than it looks. Part of this is the aero-industry companies located there, but another very important reason is its usefulness as a "secret" military base, but not for the UK. Instead for a foreign power that may even be hostile to us at times—yes, Trump's America.
This shocking truth has become clearer recently with the push by the Scottish Green Party to ban the US military from Prestwick Airport.
Earlier this month, Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer called on First Minister John Swinney to evict US personnel from the airport and revealed that 550 US military flights have landed there since April 1, 2025—almost one every single day—since April 1, 2025.
But why does the military of a country that has aggressively threatened some of our NATO allies (Canada and Denmark, for example) want to use an airport that is supposed to be owned by the Scottish government?
The fact is that the shortest, most direct route from America to the Middle East, an area frequently bombed by the USA, is right over Prestwick, which makes the fog-free Scottish airport the ideal spot to rest and refuel on those long flights.
It was for this reason that during World War II it played a crucial role in the "Atlantic Bridge" ferry route, delivering thousands of American- and Canadian-built aircraft to Britain (around 37,000 by war's end). For the same reason Prestwick briefly hosted Elvis Presley on his way back from military service in Germany in 1960 and more recently US President Donald Trump.
In fact, looking at the low passenger traffic and the heavy US military traffic, it is not unreasonable to think that Prestwick is merely a secret US military base masquerading as an underused Scottish airport. How sinister!
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