RAF Akeman Street

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RAF Akeman Street
Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire in England
RAF Akeman Street Shown with Oxfordshire
Coordinates	51°49′22″N 1°31′01″W / 51.82278°N 1.51694°W / 51.82278; -1.51694
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)
In use	1940-1947 (1947)
Airfield information
Elevation	134 metres (440 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Grass field

Royal Air Force Akeman Street or more simply RAF Akeman Street is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England. It was named after the Roman road which crosses the airfield.

The airfield was a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Brize Norton, with building starting in 1939 and opening on 10 July 1940.^[1] Active flying stopped on 15 August 1945, and the site was closed on 1 February 1947.