Cumbernauld Airport

Cumbernauld Airport Port-adhair Comar nan Allt
IATA: none – ICAO: EGPG
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Cumbernauld Airport Ltd
Location	Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
Elevation AMSL	350 ft / 107 m
Coordinates	55°58′29″N 003°58′32″W / 55.97472°N 3.97556°WCoordinates: 55°58′29″N 003°58′32″W / 55.97472°N 3.97556°W
Website	www.cumbernauldairport.org
Map
EGPG Location in North Lanarkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 820 2,690 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Cumbernauld Airport (ICAO: EGPG, FAA LID: CBN) is located 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) 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]

History

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 Bf109 fighter.

Operators

Surroundings of Cumbernauld airport. The runway strip can be seen around one-third of the way up. The large white building in the foreground is the OKI Cumbernauld manufacturing plant.

Training organisations: Border Air Training,^[3] Heli Air.^[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).

There is also a cafe called "Cumbernauld Airport Cafe" within the Airport buildings, located on the first floor and open seven days a week.

Also located on the airfield is the active West of Scotland strut of the Light Aircraft Association (formerly the Popular Flying Association).

References

1. Cumbernauld - EGPG
2. Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Border Air". Border Air Training. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
4. "Contact". Heli Air. Retrieved 21 June 2014.