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Chipping Norton

Major
Also known as: Chipping Norton Aerodrome / RAF Chipping Norton
County: Oxfordshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: June 1940 - 3 October 1953
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later metal
Aircraft Roles: Trainer
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
  • Chadlington Parish Council
  • Chipping Norton Library
  • Chipping Norton Town Council
  • North Oxfordshire Model Aircraft Club
  • Spelsbury Parish Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 3 MU
  • No 6 (P) AFU
  • No 6 SFTS
  • No 11 SFTS 
  • No 15 SFTS
  • No 1517 BAT Flight
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Remains of the perimeter track at Chipping Norton, 27 April 2007.

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Remains of the perimeter track at Chipping Norton, 29 April 2011.

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Remains of the airfield at Chipping Norton, 29 April 2011.

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Remains of the airfield at Chipping Norton, 29 April 2011.

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Remains of the airfield at Chipping Norton, 29 April 2011.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Little Rissington

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