Weston Airport
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Weston Airport Aerfort Weston |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Brian Conneely & Co | ||||||||||
| Operator | Weston Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Dublin | ||||||||||
| Location | Leixlip, County Kildare/Lucan, Dublin | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 155 ft / 47 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°21′08″N 6°29′18″W / 53.35222°N 6.48833°WCoordinates: 53°21′08″N 6°29′18″W / 53.35222°N 6.48833°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.WestonAirport.ie | ||||||||||
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Weston Airport or Aerfort Weston is a publicly licensed general aviation airport serving Dublin, Ireland and surrounding areas. Also known as Dublin Weston, it is located between Leixlip, County Kildare, and Lucan, Dublin 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Dublin. Its traffic is primarily private and commercial flight training as well as business/executive.
The runway lies across the line between Kildare and Dublin Counties. The facility is located on the Dublin County side of the line, and the Airport Operator's mailing address is in Lucan.
Weston Aerodrome was founded in 1931 (licensed circa 1937) by Darby Kennedy, who, from 1946, operated a de Havilland Dragon and several Dragon Rapide aircraft commercially from the Weston flying field, operated under the name Weston Ltd. The charter flights took the biplane airliners to airfields across the United Kingdom. The commercial flight operation ceased in the late 1950s.
Also operated from the airfield was a flying school for private pilots with several de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer biplanes, an Auster high-wing monoplane and from 1960 two Morane-Saulnier-Rallye four-seater low-winged aeroplanes.
The airport was upgraded from a grass runway in the 1980s when a tarmac runway was laid.
The main terminal was completed in 2005 along with the control tower and other services..
Developed over many years by Jim Mansfield, the airport was taken over by the National Asset Management Agency in 2011.
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