Little Gransden Airfield

Infobox Airport
name = Little Gransden Airfield
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ICAO = EGMJ
type = Public
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operator = Skyline School of Flying
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location = St Neots
elevation-f = 250
elevation-m = 76
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r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 1,870
r1-length-m = 570
r1-surface = Grass
r2-number = 12/30
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r2-surface = Grass
r3-number = 03/21
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Little Gransden Airfield Airport codes|N/A|EGMJ is a licensed airfield located near the village of Little Gransden, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southeast of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.

Little Gransden Airfield is based in the grounds of Fuller's Hill Farm, the home of Mark Jefferies, 2005 and 2006 UK Aerobatics Champion, who flies an Extra 300. It is also the home of Yak UK Ltd who import the Yakovlev range of piston engined aerobatic aircraft. Walk around the hangars and apron at Little Gransden and you will believe every other pilot in the UK flies a Yak-52.

Pilots climbing out on runway 28 will be able to see the disused runways of RAF Tempsford on the left side just before the railway. Tempsford was a secret base operated by the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Nearby are other former RAF bases: Gransden Lodge airfield, now home to the Cambridge Gliding Club; and Bourn.

Each summer the airfield is home to Little Gransden Families Day Out Air & Vintage Vehicle Show which raises money for the Children in Need charity.

Planning controversy

In 1992 South Cambridgeshire District Council served a planning contravention notice on the airfield, which had been operating since 1966. The council was supported by a local pressure group Cambridgeshire Airfields Action Group (CAAG). In 1995 the council served a planning enforcement notice. The airfield, supported by planning consultant Peter Kember and some of some local villagers, argued at a public enquiry that they were operating lawfully based on 10 years' continuous use [http://www.airfields.org.uk/news/gaac_fut_lg_010522.htm] . The airfield's appeal succeeded in 1999 and the airfield was allowed to continue operating. Furthermore, in 2002 Peter Kember succeeded in challenging South Cambridgeshire District Council's Small Airfields Policy which attempted to put further restrictions on Little Gransden and other airfields in the area [http://www.gaac.org.uk/news/cambs.htm] .

References

*United Kingdom AIP
*List of airports in the United Kingdom

External links

* [http://www.skyline.flyer.co.uk/ Skyline School of Flying]
* [http://www.yakuk.com/ Yak UK]
* [http://www.littlegransdenshow.co.uk/ Little Gransden Families Day Out Air & Vintage Vehicle Show]
* [http://www.glide.co.uk/ Cambridge Gliding Club] (at nearby Gransden Lodge)