RAF Westhampnett
Chichester / Goodwood Airport Royal Air Force Station Westhampnett |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | EGHR |
IATA code | QUG |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 34 m (112 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 3 km northeast of Chichester |
Street | 2 km to the |
Basic data | |
opening | 1918 |
operator | Goodwood Road Racing Company Ltd |
Runways | |
06/24 | 855 m of grass |
10/28 | 615 m of grass |
14R / 32L | 1300 m of grass |
14L / 32R | 725 m of grass |
The Chichester / Goodwood Airport , also known as Goodwood Airfield or Goodwood Aerodrome is called, is a former military airfield of the Royal Air Force , who mostly in Westhampnett north-northeast of Chichester in the county of West Sussex in southern England is. After the end of the Second World War, a racing track was built around the airfield.
history
RAF Westhampnett
The Royal Air Force built the airfield in 1918 in the municipality of Westhampnett in the immediate vicinity of Goodwood House , it became the base of the 145th Squadron , which was stationed there with SE5 biplanes during the First World War .
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Air Force Station Westhampnett , or RAF Westhampnett for short, was expanded by the Royal Air Force as a relief airfield to the nearby RAF Tangmere station and became known as the RAF Westhampnett training center and had a total of four cross-laid take-offs and runways.
In addition to the 145th squadron, the 602nd squadron was stationed here. Immediately after the USA entered the war, units of the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) were relocated in January 1942 . The first combat mission from Goodwood against targets in Europe flew bombers of the 15th Bombardment Group together with British bombers on July 4, 1942, the target were German airfields in the Netherlands.
Goodwood Circuit and Aerodrome
After the war, a racing track was built around the airfield at the end of 1946. The first race on the Goodwood Circuit took place on September 18, 1948.
Todays use
Is the current operator of the airfield, the Goodwood Road Racing Company Ltd . In addition to the Goodwood Aero Club, there is also the well-known Goodwood Flying School, founded in 1940. The airport has a CAA license (number P781) and is approved for flights in public transport.
Today's grass slopes are RWY 06/24 855 meters and RWY 14/32 with 1300 meters.
Web links
- Homepage of the operator Goodwood
- The operator about the history of the airfield
- Chichester / Goodwood - EGHR at NATS Aeronautical Information Service
- EGHR — Chichester / Goodwood (PDF; 41 kB) and chart Chichester / Goodwood EGHR (PDF; 45 kB) at EUROCONTROL - European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation
Individual evidence
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↑ Chichester / Goodwood EGHR ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF file; 45 kB). AD 1.3 Index to Aerodromes and Heliports ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF file; 1.62 MB). Both in: EUROCONTROL - European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation , accessed on April 30, 2018.
- ↑ History of Goodwood Airfield (English)