[5] By the time the airfield was complete, the need for fighter defences for the North-West of England had declined, so it was decided to use it for training, with the station opening as a Relief Landing Ground for No.

5 Service Training Flying School (SFTS) based at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire on 14 March 1942.

17 (P)AFU, equipped with 174 Miles Master trainers, which moved from RAF Watton in Norfolk.

To accommodate the unit's large number of aircraft, RAF Wrexham served as a satellite airfield.

[2] The owner of the land has flattened any remaining buildings and runways in order to expand the industrial estate.