RAF Balado Bridge moved to Strathallan Castle in 2015. There are a number of poultry farm buildings on parts of the old runways. The remaining section of the airfield, including the Control Tower, is used as a base for microlight flying. RAF Balado Bridge RAF Balado Bridge is a former military airfield located west of Kinross, in central Scotland. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Grangemouth, and closed in 1957. It has since served as a NATO satellite station, a microlight flying base, and as the venue for the T in the Park music festival. RAF Balado Bridge opened
T in the Park an extension of the acts' duration on stage. On the Friday, the acts were scheduled to start around lunchtime as opposed to 5 pm; and the Saturday headliners to finish at 1 am. The 2014 festival was the last to take place at the Balado site. Despite having run on the same site since 1997, safety concerns were expressed about the Forties Pipeline, which runs directly underneath the former Balado airfield. In 2015 the festival moved 20.54 miles to the Strathallan Castle Estate in the neighbouring county of Perthshire. The 2016 event was marred by the deaths of three festival-goers