RAF Acaster Malbis

RAF Acaster Malbis
Acaster Malbis, North Yorkshire in England
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Coordinates	53°52′36″N 001°07′11″W / 53.87667°N 1.11972°W / 53.87667; -1.11972
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1942 - 1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,828 metres (5,997 ft) Concrete 11/29 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete 16/34 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Acaster Malbis, or more simply RAF Acaster Malbis, is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.9 miles (9.5 km) south of York city centre and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. It was developed from a small grass airfield at the beginning of the Second World War and its main use was as a training base for RAF Bomber Command, before being used by RAF Maintenance Command from 1944 until 1957.