Bourne Park

 BOURNE PARK: Private airstrip

Note. Pictures by the author unless specified.

 

Location: Near and N of Andover, E of the A343, S of Hurstbourne Tarrant

Period of operation: 1990s to 2020
 

Runway: E/W about 700 metres grass     (An AAIB report in 2009 says 11/29 750m grass)
 

NOTES: As often said elsewhere in this ‘Guide’, I am not prepared to give more exact locations for private airstrips unless authorised by the operator. And yes, I have landed here more than once. For example in the Cessna 172 G-BDNU from ELSTREE in September 2006.

It is a most welcoming and quite lovely airfield to visit, and it appears, was once used by Dakotas (C-47s/DC-3s) for a film featuring the resistence movement in Yugoslavia during WW2.

 

 
 

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Andrew

This comment was written on: 2019-10-04 13:53:15
 
Visited yesterday as a plane spotter. Asked a member of staff if it was OK to look around. Whilst he was perfectly polite, the answer was no. Plane spotters are not welcome by the owners and so I had little option but to leave. From what I could see there are four or so small hangars for maintenance and several helicopters on site and possibly upto half a dozen light aircraft. Shame because it is a lovely setting but I understand that the whole operation is moving to Thruxton due to property developers acquiring the land.

 
 

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John Martin

This comment was written on: 2020-06-13 15:18:14
 
Please be advised that following the sale of the land and hangars the airfield is now permanently closed to all air traffic both fixed wind and rotary. My thanks go to Falcon Aviation who have been such a pleasure to work with.
 

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