Brough Aerodrome

Brough Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: EGNB
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	BAE Systems
Location	Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	53°43′11″N 000°33′59″W / 53.71972°N 0.56639°W / 53.71972; -0.56639Coordinates: 53°43′11″N 000°33′59″W / 53.71972°N 0.56639°W / 53.71972; -0.56639
Map
EGNB Location in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,054 3,458 Asphalt 06/24 631 2,070 Grass
Source: DAFIF

Brough Aerodrome (ICAO: EGNB) is located at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The site was first used by the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company during the First World War for the testing of seaplanes.

Brough played its part in preparing fighter pilots for the Battle of Britain. Yorkshire members of The Few – including local Spitfire pilot Ronald Berry and, for a short spell, high-scoring fighter ace James "Ginger" Lacey – honed their flying skills whilst at the Brough Flying Training School on Blackburn B-2 biplanes.

In 1949, the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company changed its name to Blackburn & General Aircraft Limited and built a number of aircraft at Brough, including the Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft and the Blackburn Buccaneer maritime strike aircraft.

Between 1949 and 1957, the perimeter track of the Aerodrome was used as a race track, known famously as the venue of Stirling Moss's first win. The track went under the name of Brough Circuit.

In the 1960s, the company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation and the site continued with the production of the Buccaneer.

The company became part of British Aerospace and later BAE Systems and the site continues to build and support military aircraft. Until the end of production, BAE Harrier jump jets were built at Brough. The airfield closed in the early 1990s after the daily shuttle flights to BAe Warton ended due to cost-cutting. Continuing to this day, variants of the BAe Hawk are built at Brough.

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