Brough Aerodrome
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| Brough Aerodrome | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: N/A - ICAO: EGNB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Operator | BAE Systems | ||
| Serves | Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft (4 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 2,070 | 631 | Grass |
| 12/30 | 3,458 | 1,054 | Asphalt |
Brough Aerodrome (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGNB) is located at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The site was first used by the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company during world war one for the testing of seaplanes.
In 1949 the company changed name to Blackburn & General Aircraft Limited, which built a number of aircraft at Brough. Aircraft built included the Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft, and the Blackburn Buccaneer maritime strike aircraft.
In the 1960s the company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation and the site continued with the production of the Buccaneer.
The company became part of British Aerospace and later BAE Systems and the site continues to build and support military aircraft. Until the end of production BAE Harrier's were built at Brough. The airfield closed in the early 1990s after the daily shuttle flights to BAe Warton ended due to cost cutting. Continuing to this day variants of the BAe Hawk's are built at Brough, but are transported to BAe Warton for test flying.
[edit] External link
- World Aero Data airport information for EGNB
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