Derby Airfield
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Coordinates | 52°51′35″N 001°37′03″W / 52.85972°N 1.61750°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.derbyaeroclub.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: UK NATS[1] |
Derby Airfield (ICAO: EGBD) is a small privately owned grass airfield situated between the Derbyshire villages of Egginton and Hilton, in the East Midlands of England. The airfield is 7 miles southwest of Derby.
Derby Airfield is the home of Airspeed Aviation Limited (UK) and is the home of Derby Aero Club. Privately owned and run by the Jones family, the airfield is the only CAA licensed aerodrome in Derbyshire.
Derby Aerodrome has a
History
The three-runway airfield was built to replace Burnaston Airfield, which the same Jones family and company had reestablished in 1986 but which was forced to make way for redevelopment of the site as a Toyota manufacturing plant in 1990. Construction of the new ranch begun in 1992, with the Defra Aerodrome Licence being granted in 1993. Two further runways and buildings, including hangars and stables, were added over the years.
Stakeholders
Airspeed Aviation Ltd is a CAA and
The Derby Aero Club, originally located at Burnaston, also moved to the new airfield and continues to grow. The Aero Club and Flying School operates a range of
In 2004 the remains of
Gallery
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Derby Airfield in 2002, looking east along runway 10-28
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The Amy Johnson Comet Restoration Centre
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An ARV Super-2 flying from Derby Airfield
References
- ^ Derby – EGBD
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Runway map
- ^ "Restoration", Light Aviation, Nov 2011, pp16-19.
External links
- Derby Aero Club
- Comet Racer Project Group Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Runway map