Chiltern Park Aerodrome

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Chiltern Park Aerodrome
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The aerodrome viewed from the north in 2008
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerChiltern Aerosports
Location Woodcote, Oxfordshire
Opened1988
Closed24 September 2021
Elevation  AMSL 180 ft / 55 m
Coordinates 51°33′10″N001°06′02″W / 51.55278°N 1.10056°W / 51.55278; -1.10056
Website www.chiltern.aero
Map
Oxfordshire UK location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
Chiltern Park
Location in Oxfordshire
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04R/22L5501,804 Grass
04L/22R7002,297 Grass
15/334201,378 Grass

Chiltern Park Aerodrome was a private airfield near Ipsden in Oxfordshire.

Contents

The airfield was established in 1988, and it catered for general aviation and was home to parachuting and gliding clubs before its closure in 2021.

History

G-FROM, an Ikarus C42, at the aerodrome in 2011 Chiltern Park Airfield (geograph 2316561).jpg
G-FROM, an Ikarus C42, at the aerodrome in 2011

The aerodrome was established in 1988, [1] and catered for general aviation, including gyroplanes, microlights, helicopters, and gliders. [2] It was within RAF Benson's Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone. [3]

It had three grass runways: the parallel 04L/22R and 04R/22L (700 metres (2,300 ft) and 520 metres (1,710 ft)), and 15/33 (420 metres (1,380 ft). [4]

In 2011 the aerodrome became the home of the London Parachute School, which used the airfield for tandem jumps. [5] In 2022, the Booker Gliding Club moved to Chiltern during while Wycombe Air Park was closed. [6]

In June 2021 the landowner ended the lease of the airfield and ordered it be closed, citing its growth over its 33-year operation as well as noise pollution affecting local residents. It closed on 24 September, and the aerodrome was reverted to farmland. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Henley Standard (2021). "Landowners force airfield closure". Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Chiltern Park Aerodrome (2010). "Airfield Info". Chiltern Airsports Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Action for Airfields (2003). "ALERT: Chiltern Park 12/02/01". A4A. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Chiltern Park Airfield Card". Flightnav. 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  5. ↑ London Skydiving (2021). "Tandem Skydiving". London Skydiving. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Jane Moore (2021). "Booker Gliding Club Newsletter" (PDF). Booker Gliding Club. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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