Cumbernauld Airport | |
Nativename: | Port-adhair Comar nan Allt |
Icao: | EGPG |
Type: | Private |
Operator: | Cumbernauld Airport Ltd |
Location: | Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire |
Elevation-F: | 350 |
Elevation-M: | 107 |
Coordinates: | 55.9747°N -3.9756°W |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland North Lanarkshire |
Pushpin Label: | EGPG |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in North Lanarkshire |
Website: | www.cumbernauldairport.org |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,690 |
R1-Length-M: | 820 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] |
Cumbernauld Airport is a general aviation airport located 16NM northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The airport is primarily used for the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots; it also boasts a helicopter charter company and a light aircraft charter operation along with aircraft maintenance facility.
Cumbernauld Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P827) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Cormack Aircraft Services Limited).[2]
The new airport was opened by the Cumbernauld Development Corpororation in the late 1980s. Before the new airport was constructed there was a grass strip in use on the same site. During the early years of the airport's new incarnation there was even an airshow, the highlight being a display by the Red Arrows and a mock dogfight between a Supermarine Spitfire and a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.
Training organisations: Phoenix Flight Training,[3] Border Air Training,[4]
Other Operators: PDG Helicopters (helicopter charters) and Hebridean Air Services (twin engine Britten-Norman Islander charter).
Maintenance Organisation: Cormack Islander Aircraft (Islander Aircraft Limited).
Also located on the airfield is the active West of Scotland strut of the Light Aircraft Association (formerly the Popular Flying Association).