Cumbernauld Airport

Cumbernauld Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorCumbernauld Airport Ltd
LocationCumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Elevation AMSL350 ft / 107 m
Coordinates55°58′29″N 003°58′32″W / 55.97472°N 3.97556°W / 55.97472; -3.97556
Websitewww.cumbernauldairport.org
Map
EGPG is located in North Lanarkshire
EGPG
EGPG
Location in North Lanarkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 820 2,690 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Cumbernauld Airport (ICAO: EGPG, FAA LID: CBN) is a general aviation airport located 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as an important reliever airport for Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport.

Users of Cumbernauld include primarily the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots; it also boasts a helicopter charter company and a light aircraft charter operation along with aircraft maintenance facility.

Cumbernauld Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P827) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Cormack Aircraft Services Limited).[2]

History

The new airport was opened by the Cumbernauld Development Corporation in the late 1980s. Before the new airport was constructed there was a grass strip in use on the same site. During the early years of the airport's new incarnation there was even an airshow, the highlight being a display by the Red Arrows and a mock dogfight between a Supermarine Spitfire and a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.

Operators

Surroundings of Cumbernauld airport. The runway strip can be seen around one-third of the way up. The Forth and Clyde Canal is also shown, with the Campsie Fells in the background. The large white building in the foreground is the OKI Cumbernauld manufacturing plant.

Training organisations: Phoenix Flight Training,[3] Border Air Training,[4]

Other Operators: PDG Helicopters (helicopter charters) and Hebridean Air Services (twin engine Britten-Norman Islander charter).

Maintenance Organisation: Cormack Islander Aircraft (Islander Aircraft Limited).

Also located on the airfield is the active West of Scotland strut of the Light Aircraft Association (formerly the Popular Flying Association).

References

  1. ^ Cumbernauld – EGPG
  2. ^ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Phoenix Flight Training". Phoenix Flight Training. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Border Air". Border Air Training. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.


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