Perth Airport (Scotland)

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Perth Airport

IATA: PSL – ICAO: EGPT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Air Charter Scotland Ltd
Serves Perth, Scotland
Elevation AMSL 397 ft / 121 m
Coordinates 56°26′21″N 003°22′20″W / 56.43917, -3.37222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 2,799 853 Asphalt
09/27 1,998 609 Asphalt
15/33 2,034 620 Grass

Perth Airport (IATA: PSLICAO: EGPT) is a general aviation airport located located at New Scone, 7 km north east of Perth, Scotland. There are no commercial flights out of this airport, but it is used by private aircraft and for pilot training.

Perth Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P823) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Morris Leslie Limited)[1].

[edit] History

The airport opened in 1936 as Scone Aerodrome. A flight training school, training military pilots, was established by Airwork Ltd shortly after the airport was opened. Before the war a number of scheduled airline services operated from Perth to various domestic locations. After the war Airwork moved into civilian pilot training.

By 1960 Airwork acquired Air Service Training (AST) an engineering training school, which it relocated from the south of England to the airport. The whole operation took on the AST name. AST gained a world wide reputation for aviation training, being known as Britain's Air University. Students of more than 100 countries have been trained at Perth. Following a worldwide downturn in aviation, AST pulled out of pilot training in 1996. The site was then bought by Morris Leslie Ltd.

Perth Airport remains Scotland's main airport for general aviation and is the base of the Scottish Aero Club which was founded in 1927. The airport is home to four flight training schools and numerous aviation as well as non aviation related businesses.

AST, which is now a part of Perth College, retains a presence at the airport and continues to offer aeronautical engineering courses.

Above a Jetsream, G-NFLC, arrives to be used as an instructional airframe by AST. In the background is the original hangar 1, which dates back to the 1930s.
Above a Jetsream, G-NFLC, arrives to be used as an instructional airframe by AST. In the background is the original hangar 1, which dates back to the 1930s.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences
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