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Plymouth City Airport (IATA: PLH, ICAO: EGHD) was an airport located within the City of Plymouth 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north northeast of the city centre in Devon, England at Derriford (formerly Roborough). The airport opened on this site in 1925 and was officially opened by the future king Edward VIII, as Prince of Wales, in 1931.
RAF Roborough began when the Air Ministry started to use Plymouth City Airport for exercises between the RAF, Royal Navy and the British Army.The Royal Navy started to use the airport in the late 1930s and was renamed RNAS Roborough however on 1 May 1942 the site was taken over by the Air Ministry for Royal Air Force use primarily for RAF Coastal Command.
New Plymouth City Council decided to build a new paved runway and terminal at the end of Brown Road, which was completed in 1966. Bell Block was closed and turned into a light industrial and warehousing estate. The large maintenance hangars still stand within the estate.
The main village street of Roborough. Roborough is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England.Former home of Plymouth City Airport (and formerly to RAF Roborough), Roborough lies just outside the northern boundary of the city of Plymouth on the main road to Tavistock, and is a popular dormitory village.
For the 12-month period ending July 14, 2016, the airport had an average of 139 operations per day. 59% local general aviation, 39% transient general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 114 aircraft based at this airport: 96 single- engine , 8 multi-engine, 6 jets and 4 helicopters .
Its first hub was set up at Plymouth City Airport and operations began on 26 October 2003, the day after British Airways withdrew from the market. The initial route was Plymouth-Newquay-London Gatwick. [2] This was soon followed by the introduction of the Plymouth-Bristol-Manchester [5] route which was later extended to Jersey. [6]
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Brymon Airways was a British airline with its head office in the Brymon House on the property of Plymouth City Airport in Plymouth, Devon. [1] It was co-founded in 1972 by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon.