Talk:London Biggin Hill Airport

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[edit] History

I've just re-written the history of Biggin and removed some information that, as far as I am aware, was inaccurate regarding Bernie Ecclestone's ownership of the airport.

The airport freehold is owned by the London Borough of Bromley and it is leased to Regional Airports Limited (who also own Southend). That is why there is the constant wranglign over scheduled flights - LBB insisit that the terms of their lease to RAL do not allow scheduled flights, RAL insist that they do. I'm not aware of Bernie Ecclestone owning this company, but I stand by to be corrected. Therefore I have removed the reference to his ownership.

BaseTurnComplete 19:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Milk Lane access

In the post-war years it was possible to wander up a lane running beside the clubhouse of the Downe Golf Club and straight onto the Biggin Hill runway. Milk Lane is still shown on Ordnance Survey maps but I assume it has now been closed off. Can anyone confirm? El Ingles 20:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I would assume so. In common with many other airports, after 9/11 Biggin uprated its security somewhat, including fences and code-operated gates where there was once unfettered pedestrian access. BaseTurnComplete 11:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Masterplan

Has anyone got any more information on the Masterplan, beyond what is listed in the Airports PDF document? I notice that (at the time of writing this) planning applications are on show on the gates of the airport, and more recently, signs for construction traffic have appeared.
(Jaruzel 17:50, 9 February 2007 (UTC))

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