Cambridge Airport
| Cambridge Airport | |
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|---|---|
| Code | IATA: CBG, ICAO: EGSC |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Public | |
| Operator | Marshall Aerospace |
| Location | Cambridge and Teversham |
| Website | cambridgeairport.com |
Cambridge Airport (IATA: CBG, ICAO: EGSC) (previously Marshall Airport Cambridge UK) is a regional airport in Cambridgeshire. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, 1.5 nautical miles from the centre of Cambridge and approximately 50 from London.
Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Limited has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P433) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.[1] The airport is available for corporate and private use, and is home to four flying schools. Passenger services operate to a small number of European destinations.
History
Opened in 1938, when it replaced the old airfield at Fen Ditton,[2] the airport is owned and operated by Marshall Aerospace, a Cambridge-based company with many years' history servicing civilian and military contracts. The main building, which is a Grade II listed building, was designed by the architect Harold Tomlinson of the University of Cambridge and constructed in 1936–37.[3][4] For many years it was the base for the Cambridge University Air Squadron.
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In 2000, a proposal was created to relocate the airport to a new site away from the city, which would have freed500 acres of land for the building of several thousand new homes. A study for a new airport was undertaken by Cambridgeshire County Council and planning permission was requested but withdrawn. In April 2010 Marshall Aerospace again announced it would not be moving from Cambridge Airport to make way for new housing. RAF Mildenhall, Waterbeach Barracks and RAF Wyton were considered as alternative sites but Marshall concluded there were "no suitable relocation options".[5][6]
In October 2008, to coincide with the opening of the new Marshall Business Aviation Centre, the airport's name was changed from Cambridge City Airport to Marshall Airport Cambridge UK.[7] The name was changed again to Cambridge Airport in 2011 as plans were announced for an expansion of the airport following the installation of instrument landing systems and new hangars.[8]
Airlines and destinations
In 2012 the airport introduced charter flights to Italy as well as regular flights to the Channel Islands, which were the first scheduled flights from the airport since 2006.[9][10] In May 2013 it was announced that regular scheduled flights would link the airport with Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Geneva from September 2013 operated by Darwin Airline.[11][12]
Seasonal charter flights to Italy and, from 2014, Bourgas in Bulgaria also depart from the airport.[13]
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References
- ↑ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences.
- ↑ "Commercial Aviation:Fen Ditton Replaced". Flight, 28 October 1937, p. 430.
- ↑ Newmarket Road: Cambridge Airport, Cambridge 2000.
- ↑ Marshalls Cambridge Airport Control and Office Building, Teversham, British listed buildings. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Marshall says it will stay in Cambridge, Cambridge News.
- ↑ Cambridge Airport will not move into Waterbeach Barracks, Eastern Daily Press, 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ New Name and New Executive Business Aviation facilities for Cambridge airport, Marshall Aerospace.
- ↑ Cambridge Airport sets out plans for future, BBC Cambridgeshire news website, 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Direct flights between Cambridge and Jersey return, BBC Jersey news website, 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Cambridge Airport reinstates scheduled flights, BBC Cambridgeshire news website, 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Cambridge Airport Europe business routes announced, BBC Cambridgeshire news website, 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Cambridge Airport unveils 50 new flights a week to Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Geneva, Cambridge News, 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ New UK Departure Airports for 2014 Balkan Holidays, 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-06-29.