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Airport in Cambridge
Bourn Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorRural Flying Corps
LocationCambridge
Elevation AMSL226 ft / 69 m
Coordinates52°12′38″N 000°02′33″W / 52.21056°N 0.04250°W / 52.21056; -0.04250
Websitewww.rfcbourn.flyer.co.uk
Map
EGSN is located in CambridgeshireEGSNEGSNLocation in Cambridgeshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 568 1,864 Bitumen
18/36 633 2,077 Bitumen
Sources: Last entry from the UK AIP originally at NATS

Bourn Airport (IATA: n/a, ICAO: EGSN) is located 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield was originally constructed during World War II as RAF Bourn and was principally used as a base for heavy bombers - Wellingtons, Stirlings and Lancasters were all based at Bourn at one time or another. Nowadays, the airfield is used for recreational use, and flight training has been provided by the Bourn Rural Flying Corps for in excess of 30 years.

The airfield is owned by the Taylor Family.

References

  1. Bourn - EGSN entry from 2004 hosted at Rural Flying Corps site
  2. "Bourn Airfield". bournairfield.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Bourn Airfield: Thousands of new homes set for World War Two site". BBC News. 19 February 2021.
  4. "Countryside gets green light for mixed-use community at Bourn Airfield | Countryside Properties". countrysideproperties.com. 19 February 2021.

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