RAF Metheringham

RAF Metheringham
The original southwest/northeast 4,200 ft (1,280 m) runway at RAF Metheringham photographed in 2006. Now in use as a minor access road across the fen.
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Metheringham (sited in the parish of Martin), Lincolnshire, England
Elevation AMSL	200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates	53°08′15″N 00°20′47″W / 53.13750°N 0.34639°W / 53.13750; -0.34639
Website	www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk
Map
RAF Metheringham Location in Lincolnshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 6,000 1,829 Tarmac 13/31 4,200 1,280 Tarmac 07/25 4,200 1,280 Tarmac
The stations ID during operations was MN. Decommissioned and closed in early 1946 Operated as a bomber station during the Second World War. The airfield was returned to agriculture when decommissioned. The site now contains a memorial and visitor centre.

Royal Air Force Metheringham or more simply RAF Metheringham is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Metheringham and Martin and 12.1 mi (19.5 km) south east of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

Operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War the station opened in October 1943 and was decommissioned in the spring of 1946.^[1]

Although now mostly returned to agricultural and commercial uses the site retains one original runway, the eastern perimeter track and some contemporary buildings together with a No. 106 Squadron RAF memorial garden and a visitor centre.