RAF Heathfield

RAF Heathfield RNAS Ayr (HMS Wagtail) USAAF Station 570
Near Prestwick, South Ayrshire in Scotland
RAF Heathfield Shown within South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°29′10″N 004°35′56″W / 55.48611°N 4.59889°W / 55.48611; -4.59889Coordinates: 55°29′10″N 004°35′56″W / 55.48611°N 4.59889°W / 55.48611; -4.59889
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force Royal Navy United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1941-1957 (1957)
Airfield information
Elevation	14 metres (46 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station.

Like many other wartime airfields, its runways were of the triangular layout.

The following units were posted here at some point:

On 6 September 1944 Heathfield was handed over to the Royal Navy and was designated as HMS Wagtail. One runway was redesigned and used by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to practice aircraft carrier landings.

The following units were posted here at some point:

The site was used by the United States Air Force between 1951 and 1957 for storage.

The site is now a mixture of housing, farmland and a golf club.