Chichester/Goodwood Airport

Chichester/Goodwood Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Chichester/Goodwood Airport
nativename = Goodwood Airfield
nativename-a =
nativename-r = Goodwood Aerodrome


image-width =
caption =
IATA = QUG
ICAO = EGHR
type = Public
owner =
operator = Goodwood Road Racing Company Ltd
city-served =
location = Chichester
elevation-f = 110
elevation-m = 34
coordinates = Coord|50|51|34|N|000|45|33|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
metric-rwy = Y
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 2,805
r1-length-m = 855
r1-surface = Grass
r2-number = 10/28
r2-length-f = 2,011
r2-length-m = 613
r2-surface = Grass
r3-number = 14R/32L
r3-length-f = 4,117
r3-length-m = 1,255
r3-surface = Grass
r4-number = 14L/32R
Relief
r4-length-f = 2,382
r4-length-m = 726
r4-surface = Grass
stat-year =
stat1-header =
stat1-data =
stat2-header =
stat2-data =
footnotes = Source: UK AIP at NATS
Location map
West Sussex
lat=50.859444
long=-0.759167
width=180
float=right
caption="Chichester/Goodwood Airport shown within West Sussex" (gbmapping|SU875075)

Chichester/Goodwood Airport Airport codes|QUG|EGHR, normally referred to as Goodwood Airfield or Goodwood Aerodrome is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north northeast of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

Chichester (Goodwood) Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P781) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited) [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/srg_asd_ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences] ] .

Wartime Use

The airfield was built during the Second World War by the Royal Air Force as a relief landing ground for nearby RAF Tangmere. The site was the former Westhampnett Farm and part of the Goodwood Estate. It was known as RAF Westhampnett.

RAF Use

During the Battle of Britain two fighter squadrons (145 Sqn and 602 Sqn) were based at Westhampnett.

USAAF Use

Westhampnett was also used by the United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force as a fighter airfield for the 308th and 309th Fighter Squadrons of the 31st Fighter Group from RAF Atcham and RAF High Ercall with Supermarine Spitfire Vs beginning on 27 July 1942.

The 31st FG flew its first sorties with RAF, (total of 1,286 losing 5 aircraft) on 10 September 1942, and flew last mission from Great Britain in late October 1942. The group then moved to Gibraltar and fought with the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa and Italy.

Postwar Use

After the war the airfield was returned to the Goodwood Estate and the perimeter track of the airfield has been used since the late 1940s for motoring racing and called the Goodwood Circuit.

ee also

* List of RAF stations
* USAAF Eighth Air Force - World War II
* 31st Fighter Wing

References

* United Kingdom AIP
* [http://www.controltowers.co.uk/W-Z/Westhampnett.htm Westhampnett at controltowers.co.uk]

External links

* [http://www.goodwood.co.uk/ Goodwood]


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