Little Gransden Airfield
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| Little Gransden Airfield | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: N/A - ICAO: EGMJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Skyline School of Flying | ||
| Serves | St Neots | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 250 ft (76 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 1,870 | 570 | Grass |
| 12/30 Unlicensed |
N/A | N/A | Grass |
| 03/21 Unlicensed |
N/A | N/A | Grass |
Little Gransden Airfield (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGMJ) is a licensed airfield located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southeast of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.
Little Gransden is 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 Children in Need.
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[edit] External links
- Skyline School of Flying
- Yak UK
- Little Gransden Families Day Out Air & Vintage Vehicle Show
- Cambridge Gliding Club (at nearby Gransden Lodge)
