Ask yourself why the RAF left Yeadon all those years ago and kept Church Fenton in the first place
MoD (Air) built Lulsgate particularly to train pilots to fly in the cr@ppiest of weathers so why should they leave another such airfield that experiences similar cr@ppy weather?
The list is endless of why they deserted one airfield in favour of another, the only reason that Scampton remains an RAF base is because they don't want to pay to straighten out the A15.