Chichester/Goodwood Airport

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Chichester/Goodwood Airport Goodwood Airfield Goodwood Aerodrome
IATA: QUG – ICAO: EGHR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Goodwood Road Racing Company Ltd
Location		Chichester
Elevation AMSL		110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates		50°51′34″N 000°45′33″W / 50.85944, -0.75917
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06/24	855	2,805	Grass
10/28	613	2,011	Grass
14R/32L	1,255	4,117	Grass
14L/32R Relief	726	2,382	Grass
Source: UK AIP at NATS

Chichester/Goodwood Airport shown within West Sussex (grid reference SU875075)

Chichester/Goodwood Airport (IATA: QUG, ICAO: EGHR), normally referred to as Goodwood Airfield or Goodwood Aerodrome is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north northeast of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

Chichester (Goodwood) Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P781) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited)^[1].

1 Wartime Use
- 1.1 RAF Use
- 1.2 USAAF Use
2 Postwar Use
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Wartime Use

The airfield was built during the Second World War by the Royal Air Force as a relief landing ground for nearby RAF Tangmere. The site was the former Westhampnett Farm and part of the Goodwood Estate. It was known as RAF Westhampnett.

[edit] RAF Use

During the Battle of Britain two fighter squadrons (145 Sqn and 602 Sqn) were based at Westhampnett.

[edit] USAAF Use

Westhampnett was also used by the United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force as a fighter airfield for the 308th and 309th Fighter Squadrons of the 31st Fighter Group from RAF Atcham and RAF High Ercall with Supermarine Spitfire Vs beginning on 27 July 1942.

The 31st FG flew its first sorties with RAF, (total of 1,286 losing 5 aircraft) on 10 September 1942, and flew last mission from Great Britain in late October 1942. The group then moved to Gibraltar and fought with the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa and Italy.

[edit] Postwar Use

After the war the airfield was returned to the Goodwood Estate and the perimeter track of the airfield has been used since the late 1940s for motoring racing and called the Goodwood Circuit.