Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge (RNAS Henstridge; or HMS Dipper) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 7 miles (11 km) west of Shaftesbury, in Dorset and 12.4 miles (20 km) east of Yeovil, in Somerset, in South West England.

Henstridge radio can be contacted on 130.255 MHz, it can be found at the south eastern stub of the Yeovilton MATZ The main part of the land (355 acres) was purchased in August 1941, after which building of the airfield and the marsh lane accommodation site commenced.

The northern runway incorporated a dummy deck landing strip, complete with under-ground arresting gear with four above ground arrestor wires, which was a duplicate of that installed on HMS Implacable for training of aircraft carrier landings, these mainly being carried out with the Seafire, a naval version of the Spitfire with folding wings.

[17] The airfield is also the home of the Wessex Strut, a general aviation club[18] formed in January 1977, which holds an annual fly-in and other events.

The site is also the home to a large number of light aviation enthusiasts’ aircraft as well as the Yakolevs aerobatic display team,[20] the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and, in September 2018, Henstridge Airfield parkrun[21] was launched, offering a free 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) run/walk/jog taking place at 9 am every Saturday morning.