Cambridge Airport

Cambridge International Airport
IATA: CBG ICAO: EGSC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Marshall Aerospace
Serves	Cambridge
Location	Cambridge and Teversham, Cambridgeshire
Elevation AMSL	47 ft / 15 m
Coordinates	52°12′18″N 000°10′30″E / 52.20500°N 0.17500°E / 52.20500; 0.17500Coordinates: 52°12′18″N 000°10′30″E / 52.20500°N 0.17500°E / 52.20500; 0.17500
Website	cambridgeairport.com
Map
EGSC Location in Cambridge
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,965 6,446 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft Movements 21,768
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Cambridge International Airport (IATA: CBG, ICAO: EGSC), previously Marshall Airport Cambridge UK, is a regional airport in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) from the centre of Cambridge and approximately 50 mi (80 km) 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. The airport is available for corporate and private use, and is home to four flying schools.

Opened in 1938, when it replaced the old airfield at Fen Ditton, 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. For many years it was the base for the Cambridge University Air Squadron.

In 2000, a proposal was created to relocate the airport to a new site away from the city, which would have freed up 500 acres (200 ha) 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 A study for a new airport was undertaken by Cambridgeshire County Council and planning permission was requested but withdrawn.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".