Your nearest airfield?

Well here in sunny Leicester the nearest to me is the old Braunstone aerodrome which is about 10 mins away. Once home to the No7 Elementary Flying Training school with tiger moths and Crilly airways with fox moth's and Dragon's. The site is completely unrecognisable now as its completely covered by an industrial estate however one hanger does remain used for light industry. The old airmens rest pub which stood at the original now overgrown enterance to the airfield was sadly demolished two years ago.

Also nearby is the former Desford airfield (Braunstone was a satellite to Desford during the war). Home to various flying schools with many Tiger moths plus Hawker Harts, Prentice's, Austers etc etc. Sadly what was once a lovely grass airfield with 1930's style buildings etc has now pretty much dissapeard underneath the big factorys for the Catterpillar Tractor company. However they do use some of the original buildings including the hangers which still have the anti collision lights on the roofs.

Nearest active airfields are Leicester East now owned by Leicestershire Aero Club (who actually owned and ran both Braunstone and Desford before the war) and a bit further away is the massive former USAF Bruntingthorpe airfield now home to the last flying Vulcan xh558 which i saw coming into land last week. Awesome!!

The nearest ones to me are.

RAF Burtonwood,

RAF Speke, ( Now John Lennon Liverpool Airport )

RAF Sealand ( Chester )

RAF Woodvale ( Southport )

RNAS Stretton, ( H.M.S. Blackcap )

RNAS Burscough ( H.M.S. Ringtail )

Mine are the same as MPB2077

Regards,

Hawkeye001

Within 20 miles of me in East Herts are these, both used and disused:-

Hunsdon
Holwell Hyde/Panhanger
Nuthampstead
Stanstead
Luton
Hatfield
Radlett
Broxbourne
North Weald
Duxford
Fowlmere
Great Gransden
Steeple Morden
Bassingbourn
Stapleford Tawney

Move out another 10 miles and I have:-

Lords Bridge
Tempsford
Castle Camps

And those mentioned by Denis in West Essex.

Brian.

My local would be Rochester (EGTO) as i live within a mile of the threshold

I fly my 152 from Clipgate farm Near Canterbury so use Manston and Lydd a fair bit

First post on this equally excellent and informative forum.

I live on what would have been the final approach to one of Woodhall Spa's runways and a short drive away is Coningsby and East Kirkby.

Nearest to me is Exeter/EGTE - approx 25 miles Northeast ...and Bolt Head just a mile or two further away in the opposite direction.

Somewhat closer are the sites of two prewar civil fields at Denbury and Haldon(Teignmouth)

About 3 or 4 miles away from Biggin Hill.

My nearest airfield is Chelveston, then Kimbolton, Grafton Underwood, Little Staughton, Kings Cliffe, Polebrook..... the list goes on

My nearest:

Aldermaston (don`t ask)

Woodley (A housing estate)

Sulhamsted (allegedly an airfield there once...a satellite of Aldermaston?)

Greenham Common

White Waltham (The nearest one still in use.)