Cumbernauld AirportШаблон:Airport codes is a general aviation airport located Шаблон:Convert northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The airport is primarily used for the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots; it also boasts a helicopter charter company and a light aircraft charter operation along with aircraft maintenance facility.
Cumbernauld Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P827) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Cormack Aircraft Services Limited).[1]
History
The new airport was opened by the Cumbernauld Development Corpororation in the late 1980s. Before the new airport was constructed there was a grass strip in use on the same site. During the early years of the airport's new incarnation there was even an airshow, the highlight being a display by the Red Arrows and a mock dogfight between a Supermarine Spitfire and a German MesserschmittBf 109 fighter.
Operators
Файл:Cumbernauld Airport from the air.JPGSurroundings of Cumbernauld airport. The runway strip can be seen around one-third of the way up. The Forth and Clyde Canal is also shown, with the Campsie Fells in the background. The large white building in the foreground is the OKI Cumbernauld manufacturing plant.
Training organisations: Phoenix Flight Training,[2] Border Air Training,[3]
