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Peterborough Business Airport (ICAO: EGSF) is a privately owned airfield in the English county of Cambridgeshire near the villages of Holme and Conington, 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) south [1] of Peterborough.
The new restaurateur first began his hospitality career as a teenager working at North Hampton’s Airfield Cafe, then worked at multiple Outback Steakhouse franchises, helping to open one in ...
Construction of Honington airfield, which was undertaken by John Laing & Son, began in 1935, and the station was opened on 3 May 1937. [4] Squadrons of RAF Bomber Command using the airfield prior to the Second World War were: No. 77 Squadron RAF (Hawker Harts and Vickers Wellesleys) (July 1937 – July 1938) [5]
With the end of military control, Glatton airfield was largely returned to agriculture. However, parts of two runways have been retained and Glatton now operates as Peterborough Business Airport . The churchyard of All Saints Church in Conington contains a memorial to the men of the 457th Bomb Group who lost their lives on missions that flew ...
Conington was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written Coninctune in the Domesday Book, [2] when there was just one manor at Conington; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £9 and the rent was the same in 1086.
In early 2010, a restaurant, Stearman Field Bar & Grill, opened on the airport property. It serves typical cafe food, such as breakfast, hamburgers, and steaks, as well as a full bar. Fueling options include Jet-A with Prist via fuel truck, and a self-serve 100LL pump is located in the main parking apron. Ground Power Units are available.
Candlelight Farms Airport is situated 3 miles southwest of the central business district, and contains one runway and helipad.The runway is turf measuring 2,900 x 50 ft (884 x 15 m).
No. 3 Group RAF (3 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again between 1923 and 1926, then as part of RAF Bomber Command from 1936 to 1967, and recently part of RAF Strike Command from 2000 until it disbanded on 1 April 2006.