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Bristol Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome was an airport on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, 〔 north of Bristol, England. It was closed in December 2012. The airfield is bounded by the A38 trunk road to the east, the former London to Avonmouth railway line to the south and the Old Filton Bypass road to the north west. The aerodrome's main runway runs east–west. The aerodrome is also called Filton Airfield. Bristol Filton Aerodrome had a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Ordinary Licence (number P741) allowing flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee—BAE Systems Aviation Services Limited.〔(Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences )〕 Companies within the boundary of the aerodrome are BAE Systems (which own the aerodrome), GKN Aerospace, Airbus, MBDA and Rolls-Royce, as well as a number of aircraft maintenance companies, flying schools and the South West of England Royal Mail letter sorting depot. It had passenger facilities for corporate flights. Filton's runway is wider than most, at 91 m (300 ft) and is a considerable length at 2,467 m (8,094 ft) long, having been extended first for the maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon airliner in 1949 and again in the late 1960s for Concorde.〔"Brabazon remembered", ''Pilot'', November 2009, p98〕 Following a review of its commercial and economic viability, the airport stakeholders decided to close the airport for business as of 31 December 2012. Lately the airport had been mainly used for corporate passengers, training flights and aircraft maintenance operations, as well as police and ambulance helicopters. ==History== (詳細はSir George White, the owner of Bristol Tramways, established the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company in the maintenance sheds of Bristol Tramways. A small 'flying ground' was set up opposite Fairlawn Avenue in 1911, at the top of Filton Hill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bristol Filton Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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