# Ronaldsway

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{{Short description|Village in the Isle of Man}}
{{Distinguish|Ronaldsay (disambiguation)|Rognaldsvåg}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2010}}
'''Ronaldsway''' ({{Langx|gv|Roonysvaie}}) is a settlement in the parish of [Malew](/source/Malew) in the south of the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man), between the village of [Ballasalla](/source/Ballasalla) and the town of [Castletown](/source/Castletown%2C_Isle_of_Man).

==Features==
It is notable as the location of [Isle of Man Airport](/source/Isle_of_Man_Airport) and historically of RNAS Ronaldsway, together with the adjoining customs free zone and industrial estate.
thumb|right|IMR steam train from Douglas arriving at Ronaldsway Halt in 2006
The place name is derived from the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) personal name ''[Rǫgnvaldr](/source/R%C7%ABgnvaldr)'' and the Old Norse element ''vað'' meaning "[ford](/source/Ford_(crossing))", or alternatively ''vágr'' meaning "large, narrow bay" as in [Stornoway](/source/Stornoway). It is possible that the [eponym](/source/eponym) of Ronaldsway is [Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles](/source/R%C7%ABgnvaldr_Gu%C3%B0r%C3%B8%C3%B0arson) (died 1229). The site was once a landing place for [Castle Rushen](/source/Castle_Rushen) and [Castletown](/source/Castletown%2C_Isle_of_Man). Ronaldsway first appears on record in the ''[Chronicle of Mann](/source/Chronicle_of_Mann)'', which documents an instance when Rǫgnvaldr's half-brother, [Óláfr](/source/Olaf_the_Black) (died 1237), landed on the island in 1224, and confronted him for a share of the [kingdom](/source/Kingdom_of_the_Isles).

Ronaldsway is the site of the [Battle of Ronaldsway](/source/Battle_of_Ronaldsway), fought in October 1275, in which a Manx revolt led by [Guðrøðr Magnússon](/source/Gu%C3%B0r%C3%B8%C3%B0r_Magn%C3%BAsson) (fl. 1275) was crushed by Scottish royal forces.

Ronaldsway is one of the 22 [coastal weather stations](/source/List_of_coastal_weather_stations_of_the_United_Kingdom) whose conditions are reported in the [BBC Shipping Forecast](/source/Shipping_Forecast).

There is a [request stop](/source/Ronaldsway_railway_station) on the [Isle of Man railway](/source/Isle_of_Man_railway) located just west of the Ronaldsway Industrial Estate on the [Silverburn river](/source/Silver_Burn).

[BA Connect](/source/BA_Connect) (BA CitiExpress) had an engineering base in Ronaldsway, employing 110 people. After [Flybe](/source/Flybe_(1979%E2%80%932020)) acquired BA Connect, Flybe announced that it would discontinue the base.<ref>"[http://www.iomtoday.co.im/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=870&ArticleID=2108567 FLYBE TO AXE ENGINEERING BASE]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[Isle of Man Today](/source/Isle_of_Man_Today)''. 9 March 2007. Retrieved on 12 March 2010.</ref>

==Archaeology==
{{Main|Ronaldsway culture}}
While the airfield [runway](/source/runway) at [Ronaldsway Airport](/source/Ronaldsway_Airport) was being extended during the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II), a sunken-floored structure was uncovered dating from the third millennium BC in the late [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) era. The distinctive nature of the finds, including pots and stone tools, gave rise to the name [Ronaldsway culture](/source/Ronaldsway_culture), and similar artefacts have been found elsewhere.<ref>Timothy Darvill, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gzEclkBq0u0C&dq=%22Ronaldsway+culture%22&pg=PT905 ''Ronaldsway Culture''] in ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology'', (Oxford University Press, 2002)</ref>

==Climate==
Ronaldsway has an [oceanic climate](/source/oceanic_climate) ([Cfb](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification)) with short, mild summers and long, cool winters. Ronaldsway has very cloudy and rainy winters.

{{Weather box
| location = Ronaldsway, Isle of Man (1991–2020)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 13.3
| Feb record high C = 13.2
| Mar record high C = 17.1
| Apr record high C = 20.0
| May record high C = 24.0
| Jun record high C = 27.5
| Jul record high C = 28.9
| Aug record high C = 27.8
| Sep record high C = 26.5
| Oct record high C = 22.7
| Nov record high C = 16.3
| Dec record high C = 15.0
| year record high C = 28.9
| Jan high C = 8.5
| Feb high C = 8.4
| Mar high C = 9.4
| Apr high C = 11.5
| May high C = 14.3
| Jun high C = 16.5
| Jul high C = 18.2
| Aug high C = 18.2
| Sep high C = 16.6
| Oct high C = 13.8
| Nov high C = 11.1
| Dec high C = 9.2
| year high C = 13.0
| Jan mean C = 6.4
| Feb mean C = 6.2
| Mar mean C = 7.0
| Apr mean C = 8.7
| May mean C = 11.2
| Jun mean C = 13.6
| Jul mean C = 15.4
| Aug mean C = 15.5
| Sep mean C = 14.0
| Oct mean C = 11.5
| Nov mean C = 8.9
| Dec mean C = 7.1
| year mean C = 10.4
| Jan low C = 4.3
| Feb low C = 3.9
| Mar low C = 4.5
| Apr low C = 5.8
| May low C = 8.1
| Jun low C = 10.6
| Jul low C = 12.5
| Aug low C = 12.7
| Sep low C = 11.4
| Oct low C = 9.2
| Nov low C = 6.7
| Dec low C = 4.9
| year low C = 7.9
| Jan record low C = -7.8
| Feb record low C = -5.8
| Mar record low C = -6.0
| Apr record low C = -3.4
| May record low C = -0.8
| Jun record low C = 1.4
| Jul record low C = 5.3
| Aug record low C = 4.9
| Sep record low C = 1.0
| Oct record low C = -1.5
| Nov record low C = -4.0
| Dec record low C = -7.0
| year record low C = -7.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 82.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 65.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 62.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 55.1
| May precipitation mm = 54.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 62.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 59.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 67.4
| Sep precipitation mm = 70.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 103.3
| Nov precipitation mm = 105.2
| Dec precipitation mm = 95.0
| year precipitation mm = 882.9
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 14.2
| Feb precipitation days = 11.4
| Mar precipitation days = 10.9
| Apr precipitation days = 10.0
| May precipitation days = 9.8
| Jun precipitation days = 9.3
| Jul precipitation days = 10.2
| Aug precipitation days = 10.8
| Sep precipitation days = 11.2
| Oct precipitation days = 13.4
| Nov precipitation days = 15.8
| Dec precipitation days = 14.7
| year precipitation days = 141.8
| Jan sun = 54.6
| Feb sun = 82.8
| Mar sun = 127.3
| Apr sun = 181.9
| May sun = 235.3
| Jun sun = 213.4
| Jul sun = 203.5
| Aug sun = 190.2
| Sep sun = 145.9
| Oct sun = 105.4
| Nov sun = 63.9
| Dec sun = 47.0
| year sun = 1651.2
| source 1 = [Met Office](/source/Met_Office)<ref name="Metoffice">{{cite web |title=Ronaldsway 1991–2020 averages |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcsewtg52 |publisher=Met Office |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219034711/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcsewtg52 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| source 2 = Météo Climat,<ref>{{cite web |title=Météo climat stats Isle of Man records |url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=506 |access-date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Météo Climat |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224012337/http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=506 |url-status=live}}</ref> Infoclimat<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/annee/1991/isle-of-man-ronaldsway-airport/valeurs/03204.html |title=Climatologie de l'année à Isle of Man/Ronaldsway Airport |publisher=Infoclimat |language=fr |access-date=24 September 2023 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003225230/https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/annee/1991/isle-of-man-ronaldsway-airport/valeurs/03204.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 |date=May 2012
}}

==References==

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Category:Geography of the Isle of Man
Category:Malew

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