RAF station and military parachute training centre in Lincolnshire.
Opened
1941
Location
Grantham, United Kingdom
RAF Barkston Heath is a Royal Air Force station located near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. It serves primarily as a military airfield and is home to the Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) as well as parachute training activities conducted by the RAF.
The airfield has no scheduled commercial passenger services and does not function as a civilian airport. It operates under military jurisdiction and is used for defence-related flying, including glider training conducted by the Air Cadets through the Volunteer Gliding Squadrons based at the station.
Notable facts
- ›RAF Barkston Heath was established during World War II and used for airborne operations including support for Operation Market Garden in 1944.
- ›The airfield is home to the Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU), which tests aerial delivery systems.
- ›Air Cadet glider training is conducted at the station by Volunteer Gliding Squadrons.
- ›The airfield has a grass runway and is not equipped for large commercial aircraft operations.
- ›It holds ICAO code EGYE but has no IATA code due to its purely military function.
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