Sculthorpe Training Area

Sculthorpe Training Area
*previously*
Royal Air Force Station Sculthorpe
Sculthorpe Training Area; previously; Royal Air Force Station Sculthorpe
Near Fakenham, Norfolk in England
	1946 aerial photograph of RAF Sculthorpe depicting the class A airfield design. The main runway (06/24) runs diagonally (bottom-left to top-right), the technical site and bomb dump on the left. The bomb dump was subsequently relocated to a dispersed secure weapon storage area to the north-east of the airfield accessed from near the runway 24 threshold.
	RAF Sculthorpe Location in Norfolk
Coordinates	52°50′54″N 000°45′38″E
Grid reference	TF 85993 31439
Type	Royal Air Force flying station (former),; relief military training airfield (current)
Code	SCTH (SPEC 024 Code)
Area	539 hectares (1,332 acres)
Height	65 metres (213 ft)
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Operator	Royal Air Force (1943–1952); United States Air Force (1959–1964); Royal Air Force (1964–1992)
Open to; the public	airfield closed to public, remainder of site full public access
Condition	airfield in continued use
Site history
Built	1942
Built by	Bovis Construction
In use	15 January 1943 – 2 October 1992
Fate	airfield retained in military use by the MoD and known as the Sculthorpe Training Area; technical and administrative buildings sold for civilian use and now form Tattersett Business and Leisure Park; former military housing refurbished to create Wicken Green Village;
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ZXE, ICAO: EGUP
Runways
06/24	2,743 metres (9,000 ft) asphalt concrete
13/31	1,829 metres (6,000 ft) concrete
18/36	1,829 metres (6,000 ft) asphalt concrete

Sculthorpe Training Area, previously Royal Air Force Station Sculthorpe and commonly abbreviated RAF Sculthorpe, is a training site owned by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). It is approximately 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) west of Fakenham in the county of Norfolk in England. It forms part of the Defence Training Estate.

The training area is part of the former larger Royal Air Force Station Sculthorpe, a military airbase which officially closed as an RAF station on 2 October 1992 (1992-10-02). The airfield had been home to many visiting airmen and support crews of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Air Force (USAF). In 1997, the Ministry of Defence sold the entire technical, domestic and administrative site, including the married quarters site previously occupied by the USAF to the Welbeck Estate Group. After the sale, the airfield, along with the dispersed secure weapon storage area, was retained for military training usage.

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