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Wycombe Air Park/Booker Airfield | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Wycombe District Council | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Airways Aero Association Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | High Wycombe and Marlow | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 520 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°36′42″N 000°48′30″W / 51.61167°N 0.80833°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wycombe Air Park, also known as Booker Airfield (IATA: HYC, ICAO: EGTB), is an operational general aviation aerodrome located in Booker, Buckinghamshire, 2.4 nautical miles (4.4 km; 2.8 mi) south-west of High Wycombe, England. The airfield celebrated its 50th year of opening on 25 April 2015. It originally opened in 1941 as RAF Booker and was primarily involved in training during World War II, remaining a military establishment until 1965.
Wycombe Air Park (Booker Airport) has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P523) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Airways Aero Associations Limited).[2]
It has over 90,000 movements per annum, many of which are training circuits over the local area. The films Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and Aces High were filmed here.
British European Aviation (majority owned by the Brown family) renewed its lease with WDC for 50 years with its group company AAA in 2014.
Since then over £500,000 has been invested in making the airfield a premier GA destination including hosting the Aero Expo and Elite London show.