Popham Airfield (ICAO: EGHP) is an unlicensed airfield located 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Basingstoke in Hampshire, UK. It lies alongside the A303 road.
The airfield has two grass runways, designated 08/26 and 03/21. Light aircraft maintenance facilities, aircraft hire, and flight training on microlight, light aircraft and gyroplanes is available.
Popham Airfield runs many different events over the year, including the Microlight trade fair in May, the annual Motorcycle Mega Meet & Vintage Aircraft Fly-in in August, and the New Year's Day Fly-in.
Popham Airfield's radio frequency is 129.805 MHz (8.33 kHz spacing) air-to-ground only with an additional operations frequency of 131.405 MHz (8.33 kHz spacing) for the resident flight school. Radio operating hours are from 08:30 until 17:00 (winter 16:30 or sunset if earlier).[1]
The airfield is home to AirBourne Aviation, a flight training school[2]
Microlight flight simulation training takes place at the airfield using a Comco Ikarus C42 flight simulator operated by AirBourne Aviation.[3]
On 7 April 2007, Neville Duke, an RAF fighter ace in the Second World War and a well-known test pilot, made an emergency landing here in a light aircraft when he felt unwell. He collapsed after landing and died later that evening.
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^. Archived from the original on 2 May 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
popham, airfield, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Popham Airfield news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Popham Airfield ICAO EGHP is an unlicensed airfield located 6 NM 11 km 6 9 mi southwest of Basingstoke in Hampshire UK It lies alongside the A303 road Popham AirfieldAerial viewIATA noneICAO EGHPSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorCharles Church Spitfires LtdLocationBasingstoke HampshireElevation AMSL550 ft 168 mCoordinates51 11 40 N 001 14 10 W 51 19444 N 1 23611 W 51 19444 1 23611MapEGHPLocation in HampshireRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 08 26 914 3 000 Grass 03 21 900 2 953 Grass The airfield has two grass runways designated 08 26 and 03 21 Light aircraft maintenance facilities aircraft hire and flight training on microlight light aircraft and gyroplanes is available Popham Airfield runs many different events over the year including the Microlight trade fair in May the annual Motorcycle Mega Meet amp Vintage Aircraft Fly in in August and the New Year s Day Fly in Popham Airfield s radio frequency is 129 805 MHz 8 33 kHz spacing air to ground only with an additional operations frequency of 131 405 MHz 8 33 kHz spacing for the resident flight school Radio operating hours are from 08 30 until 17 00 winter 16 30 or sunset if earlier 1 The airfield is home to AirBourne Aviation a flight training school 2 Microlight flight simulation training takes place at the airfield using a Comco Ikarus C42 flight simulator operated by AirBourne Aviation 3 On 7 April 2007 Neville Duke an RAF fighter ace in the Second World War and a well known test pilot made an emergency landing here in a light aircraft when he felt unwell He collapsed after landing and died later that evening Footnotes edit Popham Airfield ATC Archived from the original on 2 May 2004 Retrieved 23 October 2010 AirBourne Aviation Ltd AirBourne Aviation flight simulatorFurther reading editPooley s Flight Guide 2014 pp 533 534External links editOfficial website Video of Popham and aircraft on YouTube AirBourne Aviation nbsp This article about an airport in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Popham Airfield amp oldid 1195544801, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
