Leighton Barracks is a former military garrison, located on top of a hill in the Hubland area 1.8 miles (3 km) east of the City of Würzburg, in Franconia, Germany.

It was active as a military base between 1936 and 2008, from 2012-onwards part of the barracks has converted to new role as additional academic buildings and student accommodation for the University of Würzburg.

It had an all-way grass landing/takeoff area where aircraft simply were directed into the wind for takeoffs and landings.

Coming from Elbing and Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, the Staff and III Group of Kampfgeschwader 3 (3rd Bomber Wing) were stationed in Würzburg (Galgenberg) with Dornier Do 17Z medium bombers from Oct. 1939 to June 1940, while the II Group/KG 3 was accommodated at Schweinfurt airfield at the same time.

Würzburg and its airfield was captured by the United States Army in April 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany.