RAF Barkston Heath

RAF Barkston Heath
Near Grantham, Lincolnshire in England
A Grob Prefect T1 based at Barkston Heath
RAF Barkston Heath Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	52°57′44″N 000°33′42″W / 52.96222°N 0.56167°W / 52.96222; -0.56167
Type	Relief Landing Ground
Area	224 hectares (550 acres)[1]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	No. 22 Group (Training)
Condition	Operational
Site history
Built	1938; 86 years ago (1938)
In use	1938–1943 (Royal Air Force) 1943–1945 (US Army Air Force) 1945 – present (Royal Air Force)
Garrison information
Occupants	703 Naval Air Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGYE
Elevation	111.8 metres (367 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 1,868 metres (6,129 ft) Asphalt 10/28 1,318 metres (4,324 ft) Asphalt 18/36 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Asphalt
Source: UK MIL AIP Barkston Heath[2]

Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

RAF Barkston Heath has the Naval Element of No. 3 Flying Training School RAF (3 FTS) which, for a period between approximately 1995 and 2010, operated the Slingsby T67M260 Firefly, followed by the Grob Tutor T.1 operated between 2010 and 2018.

No. 3 FTS currently provide elementary flying training for Royal Navy students on the Grob Prefect T.1. A secondary role of RAF Barkston Heath is as a Relief Landing Ground for the flying training activities at RAF Cranwell.