Chiltern Park Aerodrome | |
Type: | Private |
Owner: | Chiltern Aerosports |
Opened: | 1988 |
Closed: | 24 September 2021 |
Location: | Woodcote, Oxfordshire |
Elevation-F: | 180 |
Elevation-M: | 55 |
Coordinates: | 51.5528°N -1.1006°W |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Oxfordshire |
Pushpin Label: | Chiltern Park |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Oxfordshire |
Website: | www.chiltern.aero |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 04R/22L |
R1-Length-F: | 1,804 |
R1-Length-M: | 550 |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
R2-Number: | 04L/22R |
R2-Length-F: | 2,297 |
R2-Length-M: | 700 |
R2-Surface: | Grass |
R3-Number: | 15/33 |
R3-Length-F: | 1,378 |
R3-Length-M: | 420 |
R3-Surface: | Grass |
Chiltern Park Aerodrome was a private airfield near Ipsden in Oxfordshire.
The airfield was established in 1988, and it catered for general aviation and was home to parachuting and gliding clubs before its closure in 2021.
The aerodrome was established in 1988,[1] and catered for general aviation, including gyroplanes, microlights, helicopters, and gliders.[2] It was within RAF Benson's Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone.[3]
It had three grass runways: the parallel 04L/22R and 04R/22L (and), and 15/33 (.[4]
In 2011 the aerodrome became the home of the London Parachute School, which used the airfield for tandem jumps.[5] In 2022, the Booker Gliding Club moved to Chiltern during while Wycombe Air Park was closed.[6]
In June 2021 the landowner ended the lease of the airfield and ordered it be closed, citing its growth over its 33-year operation as well as noise pollution affecting local residents. It closed on 24 September, and the aerodrome was reverted to farmland.[7]