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Hawarden Airport (IATA: CEG, ICAO: EGNR), also known as Hawarden Aerodrome, is an airport near Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales, near the border with England and 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west southwest of the city of Chester. Aviation Park Group (APG) is based at the airport and provides handling and related services to private clients.
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London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
North Yorkshire: Former larger RAF station, now an enclave within the British Army's Alanbrooke Barracks, with the airfield retained by the RAF and used by No. 645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron teaching Air Cadets to fly the Grob Viking. [30] RAF Valley: Wales: Isle of Anglesey
MOD Sealand (formerly RAF Sealand), is a Ministry of Defence installation in Flintshire, in the northeast corner of Wales, close to the border with England. It was a Royal Air Force station, active between 1916 and 2006. Under defence cuts announced in 2004, RAF Sealand was completely closed in April 2006.
RAF Hawarden between 15 March 1951 and 15 March 1959 Packing and Storage Depot No. 48 MU RAF Hawarden between 1 September 1939 and until 1 July 1957. [60] No. 15 SLG No. 13 SLG RAF Tatton Park between August 1941 and May 1943. No. 49 SLG No. 100 SLG Temporary dispersals at: Ansty Elmdon Purgatory Storage Unit at Brough Aircraft Storage Unit
7 OTU was formed in 1940 as part of Fighter Command at RAF Hawarden to train fighter pilots. During the Battle of Britain in September 1940, it flew operational flights over north west England, claiming three enemy aircraft shot down.
The previous highest temperature recorded in Wales, 35.2°C, was also recorded in Hawarden on 2 August 1990. [5] [6] Hawarden has held this record almost continuously, until it was replaced for a few hours by Gogerddan which recorded a temperature of 35.3°C on 18 July 2022, first breaking the Welsh record, after which Hawarden surpassed ...