Leeds East Airport
Airport in Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Leeds Bradford Airport.
Leeds East Airport Church Fenton (ICAO: EGCM), formerly RAF Church Fenton, is an airport and former Royal Air Force station located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) south-east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England and 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north-west of Selby, North Yorkshire, near the village of Church Fenton. The airport has had a licensing application from the UK Civil Aviation Authority rejected. This led to the scrapping of plans to allow regular scheduled passenger flights and charter flights to various European destinations. The airport has subsequently been awarded an operating licence for private use.[1]
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Owner | Makin Enterprises | ||||||||||
Operator | Makin Enterprises | ||||||||||
Serves | Leeds, West Yorkshire | York, North Yorkshire | ||||||||||
Location | Church Fenton, North Yorkshire | ||||||||||
Built | 1936 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°50′04″N 001°11′44″W | ||||||||||
Website | leedseastairport.co.uk/ | ||||||||||
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