Bourn
Situated about 9 nm west of Cambridge, Bourn operates on the southern
end of an otherwised 'disused' WWII airfield. Their runway is
north/south aligned (01/19) and is about 600m of tarmac (although a
little rough in places).
Bourn is also the site of a large market held on Bank Holiday mondays,
when the airfield is closed for the day.
A small, relaxed school, the Rural Flying Corps operate from here under
the auspices of Lindsey Brown who is definitely one of aviation's local
characters, and was recently honoured by AOPA with an award.
RFC operates several Cessnas, does instructor training and also has
a very nice vintage Cessna 310-B twin.
Recent improvements have seen the tower refurbished and operational
again, an NDB installed and new hangars errected. As a result Bourn
has become quite busy over the last couple of years.
Normal arrivals apply, contact Bourn Radio on 129.8 but be sure to
prefix all calls with "Bourn" since the frequency is shared with Popham
who can be heard clearly (and vice verse) at circuit height. Circuits
are at 1000 feet, avoiding all the villages.
It should be noted that although the rest of the airfield is disused
much of it is still used for other purposes, so don't be suprised to
see cars or lorries on it. Also in an "emergency" the stretch of
runway between the intersections, aligned 07/25 may be used but ask the
CFI as this is very much unlicenced and may be obstructed.
Fuel: 100LL is only available to aircraft based at Bourn.
Contributions to this page from
David Sansom and Kim Harris
This should not be used as a source of authoritative information for
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