Nottingham Airport , also known as Nottingham City Airport, is located in Tollerton,

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, England. It is situated south east of

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, and signposted on the A52 at

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and on the A606—this makes it one of the closest airports to a city centre in the UK. The

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is equipped for

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, business aviation and flight instruction. The airport primarily serves

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and has two

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s: 09/27 and 03/21 which are and respectively. The longer runway is equipped with lighting for night flying, which operates during the winter flying season. Nottingham City Aerodrome has a

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Ordinary Licence (Number P491) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Truman Aviation Limited).Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
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History

Nottingham (Tollerton) Airport was opened in 1930 for civilian aviation. During the

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, the airport was known as RAF Tollerton and acted as a relief landing ground for the Polish Training School based at

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for the

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, and was host to Field Aircraft Services, which repaired battle damaged heavy aircraft and later dismantled them. After the war the airfield returned to civilian use including a short lived period as a commercial airport, with Blue Line Airways operating from there until 1949, when its aircraft passed on to

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Since that time, Tollerton has serviced small private aircraft only, this has included hosting airshows and three

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s 1967, 1968, and 1970. The airport was purchased in December 2006 from Nottingham City Council, by a consortium called Nottingham City Airport plc., and a programme of improvement was promised.

Truman Aviation

Truman Aviation is the airport operator. It is responsible for providing air/ground services, fire and rescue services and handling on the aerodrome.

Sherwood Flying Club

Sherwood Flying Club is a members-only flying club, based at Nottingham Airport. It was founded in 1957 and presently uses one Piper PA-28 Archer, two Piper PA-28 Warriors and a single Grob G-115 for hire and training.

2425 (Nottingham Airport Squadron) Air Training Corps

2425 Squadron has been based at the airport since the early 1980s. This thriving squadron is one of around 1,000 squadrons that form the

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or RAF Air Cadets. Cadets are from Tollerton and the surrounding suburbs and villages within an approximately 10-mile radius.

References

Sources and further reading

* Howard Fisher, Bob Hammond and Nigel Morley (2008) ''Tollerton – An Airfield For Nottingham 1929–2007'' (Keyworth and District Local History Society, Keyworth, Nottingham)

External links

Tollerton airfield during WW2

Nottingham City Airport (official site)

Sherwood Flying Club
– official site
2425 Squadron RAF Air Cadets
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