Blackbushe Airport

Blackbushe Airport
IATA: BBS ICAO: EGLK
Summary
Airport type	Private-owned, Public-use
Operator	Blackbushe Airport Ltd
Location	Yateley
Opened	February 1947; 77 years ago (1947-02)
Built	1 November 1942; 81 years ago (1942-11-01)
Elevation AMSL	99 m / 325 ft
Coordinates	51°19′26″N 000°50′51″W / 51.32389°N 0.84750°W / 51.32389; -0.84750
Website	www.blackbusheairport.co.uk
Map
BBS/EGLK Location in Hampshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,335 4,380 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Blackbushe Airport (IATA: BBS, ICAO: EGLK) is an operational general aviation airport in the civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire. Built during the Second World War, Blackbushe is north of the A30 road between Camberley and Hook. For a time, it straddled this road with traffic having to wait whilst airliners were towed across. The south side was used for aircraft maintenance, using wartime-built hangars. Today, only the part of the airfield that lay north of the A30 remains in active use. The historical name for the flat piece of land on which it is sited is Hartford Bridge Flats. The nearest towns are Yateley and Fleet.

Blackbushe Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P693) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Blackbushe Airport Limited). The aerodrome is licensed for night use.^[2]

One of several airfields eclipsed since 1958 by the growth of Heathrow and Gatwick airports, Blackbushe was once a significant airport for passenger and cargo charter flights for the London area.

Currently based aircraft include several corporate jets, two flying schools, a helicopter training facility, as well as Aerobility, a flying charity. The airport is open to the general public and is also popular for walks around its perimeter and to see the wildlife in Yateley Common and Castle Bottom National Nature reserve.