Duxford Aerodrome

Duxford Aerodrome
RAF Duxford
USAAF Station 357
Duxford - 9 July 1946
Summary
Airport typePrivate-owned, Public-use
OwnerImperial War Museum & Cambridgeshire County Council
OperatorImperial War Museum
ServesImperial War Museum Duxford
LocationDuxford
Elevation AMSL125 ft / 38 m
Coordinates52°05′27″N 000°07′55″E / 52.09083°N 0.13194°E / 52.09083; 0.13194
WebsiteInformation for Pilots
Map
EGSU is located in Cambridgeshire
EGSU
EGSU
Location in Cambridgeshire
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06R/24L 1,503 4,931 Paved
06L/24R 880 2,887 Grass
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Main Entrance to Duxford Airfield during World War II. Officers and enlisted men are walking from the living site areas across the A505 Royston-Newmarket public road. The Officers' Mess building is on the extreme right, on the far side of the road. The sentry hut notice warns that military vehicles are not to leave the technical site unless on official business, This location is currently the staff entrance of IWM, Duxford.
Buildings at Duxford airfield. The building in the left of the photograph is designated "E.W.S".. This was the Emergency Water Store – which contained 100,000 imperial gallons (450,000 litres) of water.
Ammunition area at Duxford.

Duxford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGSU) is located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Cambridge, within the civil parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly 1-mile (1.6 km) west of the village. The airfield is owned by the Imperial War Museum (IWM) and is the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford and the American Air Museum.

Duxford Aerodrome has a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Ordinary Licence (Number P678) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Cambridgeshire County Council). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[2]

  1. ^ "NATS - AIS - Home". Nats-uk.ead-it.com. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ^ "UK Ordinary Aerodrome Licences - Licence No. P859" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2021.