RAF Metheringham

RAF Metheringham
Metheringham, Lincolnshire in England
The original southwest/northeast 4,200 ft (1,280 m) runway at RAF Metheringham photographed in 2006. Now in use as a minor access road across the fen.
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Coordinates	53°08′15″N 00°20′47″W / 53.13750°N 0.34639°W / 53.13750; -0.34639
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	MN
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command
Website	www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	61 metres (200 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 02/20 1,829 metres (6,001 ft) Tarmac 07/25 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Tarmac 13/31 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Tarmac

Royal Air Force Metheringham or more simply RAF Metheringham is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Metheringham and Martin and 12.1 mi (19.5 km) south east of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

Operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War the station opened in October 1943 and was decommissioned in the spring of 1946.^[1]

Although now mostly returned to agricultural and commercial uses the site retains one original runway, the eastern perimeter track and some contemporary buildings together with a No. 106 Squadron RAF memorial garden and a visitor centre.