Turweston Aerodrome

Turdweston Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: EGBT
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Turweston Flight Centre Ltd
Location	Turweston, Buckinghamshire
Elevation AMSL	438 ft / 134 m
Coordinates	52°02′27″N 001°05′52″W / 52.04083°N 1.09778°W / 52.04083; -1.09778Coordinates: 52°02′27″N 001°05′52″W / 52.04083°N 1.09778°W / 52.04083; -1.09778
Map
EGBT Location in Buckinghamshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,256 4,121 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS

Turweston Aerodrome (ICAO: EGBT) located near the village of Turweston, in north Buckinghamshire near the Northamptonshire border. It is a former Royal Air Force Second World War bomber training facility, now a business park and airfield.

Turweston Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P750) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Turweston Flight Centre Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use. The runway direction now commonly being used is 09/27.

Air Traffic Services are provided by Turweston Radio on 122.175 MHz.

Based on 220 acres (89 ha) of land in the north west corner of Buckinghamshire, just off the A43 road and located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the market town of Brackley, RAF Turweston served as a bomber training school during the Second World War. Opened on 23 November 1942 it had three concrete runways and one T1 hangar. The three runways were:

It initially housed the Vickers Wellingtons and Avro Ansons of No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF until April 1943, when it began housing the North American Mitchells of No. 13 OTU. In May 1943 they were joined by the Douglas Bostons of No. 307 Ferry Training Unit RAF, with both units remaining until closure. No. 17 OTU Gunnery Flight began arriving in July 1943 with Wellingtons, and formed fully in November 1943 with a flight of Miles Martinets.