Dishforth Airfield (ICAO: EGXD) is a former Royal Air Force and current British Army station in North Yorkshire, England.

It was previously an Army Air Corps helicopter base and a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

[1] At the beginning of the Second World War, it became part of 4 Group, RAF Bomber Command, and was used for recruit training.

78 Squadron RAF used it to launch night operations using Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bombers.

215 Squadron RAF arrived on 30 April 1956, equipped with Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC Mk.

1325 (Transport) Flight RAF comprising three Douglas Dakota aircraft formed at Dishforth on 1 August 1956.

1325 Flight was soon relocated to Christmas Island (Kiritimati) to support the Grapple series of nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean.

Two other units were also present in 1962–66: Leeds University Air Squadron flying the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T Mk 10;[7] and No.

[17] Royal Logistic Corps In November 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that it intended to close the site in 2031.

[19] In November 2021, it was announced that Dishforth Airfield would be retained and remain open to support the delivery of Future Soldier.