| RAF Scampton Formerly RFCS Brattleby  | |||||||
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| Scampton, Lincolnshire in England | |||||||
 The Red Arrows at their old home, RAF Scampton | |||||||
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  RAF Scampton Shown within Lincolnshire | |||||||
| Coordinates | 53°18′28″N 000°33′03″W / 53.30778°N 0.55083°W | ||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| Condition | Closed | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1916 and 1936 | ||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: SQZ, ICAO: EGXP, WMO: 03373 | ||||||
| Elevation | 62 metres (203 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton (formerly IATA: SQZ, ICAO: EGXP) is a former Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the city of Lincoln, England.[3]
RAF Scampton stood on the site of a First World War Royal Flying Corps landing field, which had been called Brattleby.[4] The station was closed and returned to agriculture following the First World War, and reactivated in the 1930s. It has provided an airfield for fighters in the First World War, bombers during the Second World War and V-force Avro Vulcans during the Cold War.
The station was temporarily closed in 1996, but subsequently re-opened to provide a home for the RAF Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows, and to private companies, temporarily, such as Hawker Hunter Aviation, for the maintenance and storage of aircraft.[5][6]
In July 2018, the Ministry of Defence announced that Scampton would close and be sold, with all units relocated elsewhere.[7] The station closed on 31 March 2023.[8]
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- ^ "RAF Scampton". RAF. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 161.
- ^ "RAF Scampton Feasibility Study". Lincolnshire County Council. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Smith, Steve (23 August 2012). "Hawker Hunter Aviation". AeroResource. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Red Arrows RAF Scampton air base to be sold off". BBC News. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Turner, James (8 April 2023). "Changes to RAF Scampton as migrant camp preparations get under way". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 11 April 2023.