RAF Old Sarum

Old Sarum Airfield
View of the apron and tower during sunset
IATA: none ICAO: EGLS
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Blanefield Property Company Ltd
Operator	Old Sarum Airfield Ltd.
Location	Salisbury
Elevation AMSL	285 ft / 87 m
Coordinates	51°05′56″N 001°47′03″W / 51.09889°N 1.78417°W / 51.09889; -1.78417Coordinates: 51°05′56″N 001°47′03″W / 51.09889°N 1.78417°W / 51.09889; -1.78417
Website	www.oldsarumairfield.co.uk
Map
EGLS Location in Wiltshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 781 2,562 Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS

Old Sarum Airfield (ICAO: EGLS) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north northeast of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

The aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (number P768) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, Blanefield Airfield Operations. The aerodrome is not currently licensed for night use. Unlicensed night flying is permitted but the current airfield owners chose not to allow night flying from 2007 in order to reduce noise complaints under an understanding with Salisbury District Council, as it then was. The owners have recently decided to install lights and resume night flying.

The adjacent areas are a mix of vacant land, residential and industrial sites. Residential areas are located to the south and east, occupying the old airfield married quarters and officers' mess, now known as Throgmorton Hall. Industrial/business units occupy a large number of the World War I and World War II airfield buildings, as well as several large modern warehouses, office blocks and car showrooms, the development of which is continuing to the present day.

Old Sarum is the best-preserved flying field of the World War I period. It is bounded by one of the most complete suites of technical and hangar buildings of the period. The site has three Grade II* listed hangars, a Grade II listed former workshop, and a Grade II listed TA Headquarters (former Station Headquarters).

The airfield was designated as a conservation area by Salisbury District Council in February 2007.

Current flying operations include a flying training school, a skydive centre, microlight schools, and privately owned aircraft. An aviation museum opened in Hangar 1 on 1 July 2012, after the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection relocated here from the nearby Boscombe Down airfield.

Old Sarum airfield Aerodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) sits within the nearby MoD Boscombe Down Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone (MATZ). When the MATZ is active, Old Sarum Airfield procedures dictate that all circuits are to the south with a crosswind departure and a base leg joins at circuit height. When the MATZ is inactive the circuits are changed to the north to reduce noise to the city of Salisbury.