RAF Ternhill

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RAF Ternhill
IATA: N/A - ICAO: EGOE
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Royal Air Force
Serves Ternhill
Elevation AMSL 272 ft (83 m)
Coordinates 52°52′16″N, 002°32′01″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 3,215 980 Asphalt
10/28 3,110 948 Asphalt

RAF Ternhill (IATA: N/AICAO: EGOE) is a small Royal Air Force station at Ternhill in Shropshire, near the towns of Newport and Market Drayton. The station was a helicopter base. It is now principally used as an outpost for the tri-service helicopter training establishment at RAF Shawbury. Training flights use the airfield (as do gliders at the weekends) but many of the buildings and some local MOD housing (much of which was sold off, some people queueing for days to buy a property) are now part of the army base known as Clive Barracks(after Robert Clive - see Market Drayton) . Also houses VGS 632. used by the air training corps EC+SM (East Cheshire and South Manchester) wing and Staffordshire wing.

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