[1] The airfield was mainly used for schools with taught navigation and flying to new recruits using a varied range of aircraft such as de Havilland Tiger Moths and Avro Ansons.

4 Air Observer Navigation School RAF (AONS) using Blackburn Bothas as an additional aircraft type between September 1939 and July 1940 before moving to another airfield.

9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF on 3 September 1939 days after the Second World War broke out.

[2] One of the pilots who received his initial training at Ansty was Jack Currie, who, many years after the war, wrote a successful series of books about his air force experiences.

[9][10][11] The northern side has been turned into a business park called Ansty Park, companies on the site include AVL, MTC, Sainsburys, London Electric Vehicle Company, HTRC, Cadent Gas and Fanuc Robotics.