[1][2] The airfield estate covers an area of 15.6 hectares (39 acres) and has an undulating elevation of between 40–60 metres (130–200 ft) above sea level.

[3][4] The 690-metre (2,260 ft) long runway is orientated in a south-west to north-east direction, and ends by a hedge which separates the field from the A19; a take-off or landing which one guide describes as "..not for the faint-hearted pilot.

[12] Noise complaints prompted Hambleton District Council to serve YAA with a notice to dismantle their toilet block, showers and flight crew room at the site in late 2011.

The permission also allowed them to build a hangar, a fuel facility, a driveway and a tractor shed on the proviso that air movements were "capped".

"[6] Objections were raised to the access-road to the airfield, which had been built close to a children's play park, and had also been laid down some 8 metres (26 ft) away from where the consented road had been agreed upon.