11th Hour Request ! Bovingdon Airfield.

11th Hour Request !

Save what’s left of Bovingdon Airfield. Runway 08 / 26.

The Council want to close our airfield as they believe that aviation use has been abandoned. This may be the case with the main Bovingdon Airfield which is now mainly a Saturday Market but the majority of runway 08 / 26 still in good serviceable condition is actually on Berry Farm land and is unaffected by ‘change of use’ that the main airfield has been granted over past years by the council.

Berry Farm consists of 150 acres of land, part of which is runway 08 / 26. This is the last remaining ‘active’ leg of the former Bovingdon Airfield. Since the RAF vacated the airfield and land was returned to various owners, our runway has continued to be used by a variety of light aircraft. For the past 27 years it is common knowledge that a local businessman has based his Cherokee at Berry Farm and has regularly used 08 / 26 and associated taxiways for take-offs & landings.

Please may we ask any pilots who have used Bovingdon, runway 08 / 26 over past years for practice Touch & Go’s, / Landings, with or without our permission or that of the previous owner, as we need to prove to the council that use has not been abandoned.

We were previously advised that our Application had to be with the Council by the 9 November but this has now been extended for at least a couple of weeks.

Please email us your details and we will return a statement form for you to jot down the dates that you used the runway. We realise that it is not normal to log Touch & Go’s so just the date and a copy of your log page to show you were flying on the day will suffice.

Sincere thanks,

Paul Webb.
Berry Farm
HP5 3RW.

[email]berryfarm.uk@gmail.com[/email]