Sandtoft
Also known as: | Belton / RAF Sandtoft / Sandtoft Industrial Estate |
County: | North Lincolnshire |
Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland / Housing / Industry / Leisure activity |
Date: | December 1943 - 1957 |
Current Use: | Limited flying |
Used By: | RAF / Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- A J Auto Services
- Aircraft Instruments Ltd
- Award Feeds
- Axholme Commercials Ltd
- Belle Vue Trucks
- Belton Parish Council
- Caswick Limited
- Coombs Suspended Ceilings
- Copart UK
- Danum Tyre Services
- Delta Salvage Ltd
- Direct Factory Kitchens
- Discount Gas Supplies Ltd
- Doncaster Landscape and Garden Centre Ltd t/a Danum Furniture
- E-Plane Ltd - airfield operator
- Elliott Modular Space Ltd
- Epworth Town Council
- European Vehicle Sales Ltd
- Finningley Amateur Radio Society
- Gas Appliance Sales & Servicing Ltd
- Gold Line Pet Products Ltd
- Henderson Transmissions
- Hydrastore Ltd
- Ian Allport Haulage Contractor
- J Harris
- John Warwick Engineering Ltd
- L Johnson Transport
- Liberty Guard (UK) Limited
- M & R Concrete Ltd
- MHS Commercials
- MJN Auto Services
- North Lincs Property Holdings Ltd
- Protruck Auctions
- R.J Marriott
- Richard Ellory
- Sandtoft Ultralights Partnership
- Spirit Euro Trans
- The Historical Aviation Foundation
- The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
- Universal Electrical Services (Yorkshire) Ltd
- Woodcarr Park
- Yorkshire Radiator Covers
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Twelco Fabrications Ltd
- Westbrook Holiday Homes
Main unit(s) present:
- No 35 MU
- 52nd Street Aviation
- No 61 MU
- No 1656 HCU
- No 1667 HCU
- Sandtoft Flying School
- Sandtoft Helicopters
- Silverfern Microlights
![002Control Tower : Watch Office for all Commands - 27 May 2008.png](/media/6204/control-tower-watch-office-for-all-commands-27-may-2008.png)
Control tower, Watch Office for all Commands at Sandtoft, 27 May 2008. © Richard Flagg
![003Control Tower & Clubhouse - 27 May 2008.png](/media/6203/control-tower-clubhouse-27-may-2008.png)
Control tower and clubhouse at Sandtoft, 27 May 2008. © Richard Flagg
![007Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking south west. This is now the active runway 05:23 at Sandtoft - 25 May 2017.png](/media/6200/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-south-west-this-is-now-the-active-runway-05-23-at-sandtoft-25-may-2017.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking south west. This is now the active runway 05:23 at Sandtoft, 25 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
![008Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking from near the site of a wartime T2 hangar, now Sandtoft Flying Club - 25 May 2017.png](/media/6201/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-from-near-the-site-of-a-wartime-t2-hangar-now-sandtoft-flying-club-25-may-2017.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking from near the site of a wartime T2 hangar, now Sandtoft Flying Club, 25 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
![009Aircraft Dispersal (Spectacle Type) at the north of the current runway adjacent to Belton Road - 25 May 2017.png](/media/6202/aircraft-dispersal-spectacle-type-at-the-north-of-the-current-runway-adjacent-to-belton-road-25-may-2017.png)
Aircraft Dispersal (Spectacle Type) at the north of the current runway adjacent to Belton Road, 25 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
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