Bembridge (Landplane)
Major
| Also known as: | Bembridge Aerodrome / Bembridge Airport / Bembridge Farm / Isle of Wight |
| County: | Isle of Wight |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened June 1921 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved/unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft manufacture / Airliner / General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Aero-Composites
- Bembridge Community Library
- Bembridge Heritage Society and Centre
- Bembridge Parish Council
- BN Aviation Ltd
- BN Resources Ltd
- B-N Group Limited
- Britten-Norman Ltd
- Britten-Norman Aircraft Ltd
- Fly BN Ltd
- Hornets Model Flying Club
- The Propeller Inn
- Vectis Gliding Club Ltd - operator
Main unit(s) present:
- Birnie Air Services
- Don Everall Aviation
- East Wight Air Charter Ltd
- Islander Flying Club
- Morgan Aviation
- Silver City Airways
- Spartan Air Lines
- Starways
- Vectis GC
Britten Norman aircraft factory at Bembridge (Landplane), 5 July 2007.
Looking across Bembridge (Landplane), 30 October 2008.
A hangar at Bembridge (Landplane), behind The Propeller Inn, 13 June 2014.
Aerial view of Bembridge, 23 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
The Propeller Inn, built into a hangar at Bembridge (Landplane), 14 October 2017.
Footage from Bembridge Airshow in the 1970s. Courtesy of 75BREDHILL