The location was chosen because of the relatively quiet airspace in the north-west of England and the proximity of coastal ranges in the Morecambe Bay area.

[5] Several local buildings were requisitioned for use as headquarters and hospitals, and accommodation was built at two off-site locations within walking distance for a total of 235 officers and 1,379 other ranks.

[9] The following major units were based at RNAS Inskip: The airfield closed for flying in February 1946,[2] and was decommissioned on 2 July that year,[9] but the Navy kept it as a transport pool and storage depot.

[27] Most of the taxiways, along with the original control tower, survive as evidence of the airfield's existence, and an entrance to part of the site, now a small industrial park, is named Nightjar Way.

[28] In January 2012 the former SCTC reopened as the Inskip Cadet Centre and became the home of Cumbria & Lancashire Wing, Air Training Corps.

[9] In the 1980s there were Marconi 50 kW transmitters operating in the Very Low Frequency (VLF) band, transmitting Morse code to ships close to the United Kingdom.

[citation needed] For long distance work, the shortwave bands were used, again transmitting Morse to ships mostly based on Marconi transmitters, typically 10 kW or less.