Gloucestershire Airport

Gloucestershire Airport Gloucester M5 Airport Staverton Airport
IATA: GLO ICAO: EGBJ
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Gloucestershire Airport Limited
Serves	M5 Area, Gloucester
Location	Staverton, Gloucestershire
Elevation AMSL	101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	51°53′39″N 002°10′02″W / 51.89417°N 2.16722°W / 51.89417; -2.16722Coordinates: 51°53′39″N 002°10′02″W / 51.89417°N 2.16722°W / 51.89417; -2.16722
Website	gloucestershireairport.co.uk
Map
EGBJ Location in Gloucestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 988 3,241 Asphalt 09/27 1,431 4,695 Asphalt 18/36 799 2,621 Asphalt 04G/22G 304 997 Grass
Statistics (2013)
Movements 73,857 Passengers 14,168
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Gloucestershire Airport (IATA: GLO, ICAO: EGBJ), formerly Staverton Airport, is located at Staverton, in the Borough of Tewkesbury within Gloucestershire, England. It lies 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Cheltenham, near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway. According to the sign at the airport's entrance it is Gloucestershire's largest general aviation airfield.

The airport is regularly used for private charter flights to destinations such as Jersey and Guernsey. Between 2013 and 2017, Citywing operated scheduled flights from the airport, describing it as "Gloucester (M5) Airport" and marketing it as an alternative to Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport and to a lesser extent Oxford Airport. This was due the airport's ease of use and fast handling of passengers, compared to its larger counterparts.

An airfield was opened in 1931 and named for the village of Down Hatherley; the change of name to Staverton followed relocation to the present site. The airfield served as a training base for pilots during the Second World War and was known as RAF Staverton. It was later used by Alan Cobham as he developed in-flight refuelling.