Shoreham Airfield

Shoreham Airport Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGKA
IATA code	ESH
Coordinates	50 ° 50 '8 "  N , 0 ° 17' 50"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '8 "  N , 0 ° 17' 50"  W.
Height above MSL	2 m (7  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8 miles east of Brighton, 2.2 miles east of Shoreham-by-Sea, 3 miles west of Lancing
Street	A27
train	West Coastway Line
Local transport	Taxi to Shoreham-by-Sea
Basic data
opening	1910
operator	Albemarle Shoreham Airport Limited
Terminals	1
Passengers	1,500 (2009)
Runways
02/20	1036 m × 18 m asphalt
07/25	877 m × 50 m grass
13/31	408 m × 18 m grass

The runways of Shoreham airfield and the location of the former train station.

The Shoreham Airport ( IATA code : ESH , ICAO code : EGKA ), also known under the name of Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport , is an airport in Lancing in Shoreham-by-Sea near Brighton on the southern English coast . It is located at a height of 7 ft (about 2.1 m) AMSL .

The airfield, which has existed since 1910, is the oldest in the United Kingdom and also the oldest commercial airport in the world.

history

The paved road with the Adur in the foreground.

First approached in 1910, Shoreham Airfield was officially opened on June 20, 1911. Since 1913 it has been the seat of flight schools. The main building, built in Art Deco style , was opened on June 13, 1936, and is still in use today and is a listed building. Until 1940 the trains of the English Southern Railway stopped right in front of the airport. The stop has been closed since then.

In both world wars it was used militarily by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force .

The airfield has been owned by Albemarle Shoreham Airport Limited since July 2006 , when it was sold by the Brighton and Hove and Worthing municipalities as the public debt burden became too great.

Todays use

The airfield, which is surrounded by an Aerodrome Traffic Zone, is approved for visual and instrument flight and is open every day of the week, but instrument flight training is subject to a PPR regulation . Customs and immigration formalities can only be completed upon prior request.

The airfield has three runways arranged in a triangle . The 1036 m long main runway 02/20 with approximately north-south orientation is paved and equipped with a PAPI system and runway lighting for night flights . The 877 m long grass runway 07/25 crosses the main line at its southern end. In the northeast, the triangle is closed by another grass runway, the 408 m long 13/31.

Between the tower in the south of the airfield and runway 07/25 there are two helipads , one of which is fired.

A VDF direction finder and a DME are available as navigation aids , but no instrument landing system.

Incidents

In the annual Shoreham Airshow crashed on 22 August 2015 in accordance with a looping an historic jet trainer type Hawker Hunter T7 on the highway A27 . 11 people died and at least 14 people were injured. The pilot survived seriously injured.

Web links

Commons : Shoreham Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Shoreham Airfield
• Visitor center
• Shoreham Air Show

swell

• Civil Aviation Authority : UK AIP AD 2-EGKA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} AIP AD 2-EGKA-2-1 AERODROME CHART - ICAO , version of January 13, 2011
2. ↑ BBC News - Flights resume after airport sale
3. ↑ ^{a b} AIP AD 2-EGKA-1 , page 1 (updated on July 29, 2010)
4. ↑ AIP AD 2-EGKA-1 , page 7 (updated on July 29, 2010)
5. ↑ AIP AD 2-EGKA-1 , page 5 (updated on July 29, 2010)
6. ↑ AIP AD 2-EGKA-1 , page 6 (updated on July 29, 2010)
7. ↑ spiegel.de August 22, 2015: Air show in England: Fighter-bomber crashes on the expressway - seven dead
8. ↑ BBC: Shoreham plane crash: Seven dead after Hawker Hunter hits cars , accessed August 22, 2015
9. ↑ CNN: No new victims found when plane that crashed at UK airshow lifted, police say , accessed August 25, 2015