EGYE
RAF Barkston Heath
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Name
RAF Barkston Heath
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ICAO / GPS
EGYE / EGYE
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
4:45 am (GMT)
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Municipality
Grantham
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Coordinates
52° 57′ 43″ N 0° 33′ 41″ E
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Elevation
367 ft (112 m MSL)
About RAF Barkston Heath
Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
RAF Barkston Heath has the Naval Element of No. 3 Flying Training School RAF (3 FTS) which, for a period between approximately 1995 and 2010, operated the Slingsby T67M260 Firefly, followed by the Grob Tutor T.1 operated between 2010 and 2018.
No. 3 FTS currently provide elementary flying training for Royal Navy students on the Grob Prefect T.1. A secondary role of RAF Barkston Heath is as a Relief Landing Ground for the flying training activities at RAF Cranwell.