RAF Carnaby

RAF Carnaby
Carnaby, East Riding of Yorkshire in England
RAF Carnaby Shown within East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°03′39″N 000°15′42″W / 54.06083°N 0.26167°W / 54.06083; -0.26167
Type	Emergency Diversion Runway
Code	KQ[1]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 4 Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)/44
Built by	John Laing & Son Ltd
In use	March 1944 – 1945 1959 – 1963 (1963)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 09/27 2,700 metres (8,858 ft) Bitumen and sea sand[2]

Royal Air Force Carnaby or more simply RAF Carnaby is a former Royal Air Force emergency landing strip that offered crippled bombers a safe place to land near the English coast during the Second World War. It was situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.