Castle Donington (Derby) (East Midlands)
Major
| Also known as: | Castle Donington Landing Ground / East Midlands Airport / NEMA / Nottingham East Midlands / RAF Castle Donington / RAF Station, Castle Donington / RFC Castle Donington |
| County: | Leicestershire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 1 October 1916 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RFC (main user) / Civil (main user) / Civil (foreign) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved (1943) |
| Aircraft Roles: | Airliner (main role) / Fighter (main role) / General aviation / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Accessorize
- Air Logistics Group
- Air Logistics Limited
- Airport Extras Ltd
- Alpha Flight Services
- AMT Coffee
- Auto Service Centre
- Avanta Enterprise Ltd
- Aviation Creations Ltd
- Aviation Gift Centre
- Aviation Resource Ltd
- BCT Aviation
- Biza
- Blue Diamond Services Ltd
- Boots
- Burger King
- Caffe Ritazza
- Cargo Link Express
- Castle Donington Parish Council
- Channel Express Ltd
- Davies Turner Air Cargo Limited
- Days Inn Donington and East Midlands Airport
- DHL Aviation
- Donington Aviation Engineering Ltd
- Donington Aviation Ltd
- East Midlands Aeropark
- Eastwest Cargo Services Ltd
- Empost Ltd
- Europa Freight Corporation Ltd
- Execair (East Midlands) Ltd
- Freeway Parcel Services Ltd
- Greggs
- Heavyweight Air Express Ltd
- Hilton East Midlands Airport Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express East Midlands Airport
- J C Bamford Excavators Ltd
- Kegworth Parish Council
- Lockington-Hemington Parish Council
- Long Whatton & Diseworth Parish Council
- Manchester Airports Group (M.A.G)
- Mannix Aviation
- New Edge Transport Couriers
- Nippon Express (UK) Ltd
- One World Cargo Ltd
- Phoenix International Freight Services Ltd
- Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport
- Rebus Group Ltd
- Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd
- R L Mould & Co
- Runway Catering Ltd
- Servisair
- Soho Coffee Co.
- Spar
- Style
- The Bar
- The Massage Chair Company
- The Runway Bar
- Thistle East Midlands Airport
- Three Shires Foodmarket
- Travelex
- WHSmith
- WHSmith Books
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- National Express Group
Main unit(s) present:
- No 28 OTU
- No 38 Sqn
- No 49 GS
- No 108 (Transport) OTU
- No 1382 (Transport) CU
- No 1521 BAT Flight
- Air Contractors
- AirBridge Carriers
- Airtours International Airways
- Airways International Cymru
- Atlantic Airlines
- Aurigny Air Services
- BH Air
- BMI Regional
- bmibaby
- British Airways
- British Midland Airways
- Channel Airways
- Donington Aviation
- easyJet
- Excalibur Airways
- First Choice Airways
- Flybe
- flybmi
- Hamburg International
- Icelandair
- Midland School of Flying
- Monarch Airlines
- Moseley Aviation
- MyTravel Airways
- Nipper Flying School
- Player’s Flying Club
- Prime Airlines
- Ryanair
- Skyways Coach-Air
- Skyways International
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Thomson Airways
- TNT Airways
- Trent Valley Flying Group
- UK International Airlines
Departures, drop off bays and the control tower at Castle Donington, 15 July 2009.
Aerial view of East Midlands Airport, 18 April 2014. © Richard Flagg
Plan of Castle Donington. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | |
| Predecessor Airfield(s): |