RAF Leicester East

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RAF Leicester East
Stoughton, Leicestershire in England
RAF Leicester East in 2024
RAF Leicester East Shown within Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°36′28″N 001°01′55″W / 52.60778°N 1.03194°W / 52.60778; -1.03194
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	LE
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1943-44 RAF Transport Command 1944-
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
In use	October 1943 - December 1947 (1947)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGBG
Elevation	139 metres (456 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 490 metres (1,608 ft) Asphalt 06/24 335 metres (1,099 ft) Grass 10/28 940 metres (3,084 ft) Asphalt 15/33 495 metres (1,624 ft) Asphalt 16/34 418 metres (1,371 ft) Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]

Royal Air Force Leicester East, more commonly known as RAF Leicester East (ICAO: EGBG), is a former Royal Air Force station, near the village of Stoughton, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east southeast of Leicester,^[2] Leicestershire, England.

It was constructed in 1942 and formally opened in October 1943. The airfield is now Leicester Airport.