RAF Westhampnett

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RAF Westhampnett USAAF Station AAF-352
Westhampnett, West Sussex in England
Aerial photograph of RAF Westhampnet, the technical site is to the right, 19 April 1946
RAF Westhampnett Shown within West Sussex
Coordinates	50°51′40″N 000°45′33″W / 50.86111°N 0.75917°W / 50.86111; -0.75917
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	WQ[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1942
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF 1938-42 & 1942-45 RAF Second Tactical Air Force * No. 83 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1938 (1938) & 1940
In use	July 1940 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	33 metres (108 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 855 metres (2,805 ft) Grass 10/28 613 metres (2,011 ft) Grass 14/32 1,300 metres (4,265 ft) Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]

Royal Air Force Westhampnett or more simply RAF Westhampnett is a former Royal Air Force satellite station, located in the village of Westhampnett near Chichester, in the English County of West Sussex.

It was built as an emergency landing airfield for fighter aircraft, as a satellite station to RAF Tangmere. Built on land belonging to the Goodwood Estate, the then landowner, the Duke of Richmond, Frederick Gordon-Lennox retained the Title Deed to the land.