Perth Airport (Scotland)

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Perth Airport
IATA: PSL - ICAO: EGPT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Perth Airport 2000 Ltd
Serves		Perth, Scotland
Elevation AMSL		397 ft (121 m)
Coordinates		56°26′21″N, 003°22′20″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
03/21	2,799	853	Asphalt
09/27	1,998	609	Asphalt
15/33	2,034	620	Grass

Perth Airport (IATA: PSL, ICAO: EGPT) is a general aviation airport located located at New Scone, 7 km north east of Perth, Scotland. There are no commercial flights out of this airport, but it is used by private aircraft and for pilot training.

[edit] History

The airport opened in 1936 as Scone Aerodrome. A flight training school, training military pilots, was established by Airwork Ltd shortly after the airport was opened. Before the war a number of scheduled airline services operated from Perth to various domestic locations. After the war Airwork moved into civilian pilot training.

By 1960 Airwork acquired Air Service Training (AST) an engineering training school, which it relocated from the south of England to the airport. The whole operation took on the AST name. AST gained a world wide reputation for aviation training, being known as Britain's Air University. Students of more than 100 countries have been trained at Perth. Following a worldwide downturn in aviation, AST pulled out of pilot training in 1996.

The airport was bought by Morris Leslie Ltd. Perth airport remains Scotland's main airport for general aviation and is home to the Scottish Aero Club founded in 1927. The airport is home to four flight training schools and numerous aviation as well as non aviation related businesses.

AST, which is now a part of Perth College, retains a presence at the airport and continues to offer aeronautical engineering courses.