Farnborough (South Farnborough)
| Also known as: | DERA Farnborough / Farnborough Aerodrome / Farnborough Airport / Jersey Brow / Laffan's Plain / RAE Farnborough / RAF Farnborough / RAF Station, Farnborough / RFC Farnborough / TAG Farnborough Airport |
| County: | Hampshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Industry |
| Date: | Opened 1909 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RFC (main user) / RNAS / FAA / AAC / Civil (main user) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Prominent People: | Eric 'Winkle' Brown |
| Aircraft Roles: | Air observation post / Aircraft manufacture / Aircraft modification/repair / Aircraft preparation/storage / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Army aviation (main role) / Bomber / Communications / Experimental (main role) / General aviation (main role) / Military development/support / Naval aviation / 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):
- Airops Limited
- Avia Logistics Ltd
- BAE Systems Farnborough Aerospace Centre
- Bookajet
- Farnborough Aerospace Consortium
- Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
- Farnborough Aircraft Interiors
- Farnborough College of Technology
- Farnborough Heritage Group
- Farnborough International Ltd
- Farnborough Parish Council
- Gama Aviation
- QinetiQ - Farnborough
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 AACU
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No 1 AACU ‘A’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘B’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘C’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘D’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘E’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘F’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘H’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘J’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘K’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘L’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘R’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘T’ Flight
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No 1 AACU ‘Z’ Flight
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No 1 (Army Co-operation) Wing
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No 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flight
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No 1 RAS
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No 1 RS
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No 1 School of Photography
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No 1 (Southern) ARD
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No 1 Sqn
- No 1 Sqn RNAS
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No 1 (Training) Wireless School
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No 2 Aircraft Park
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No 2 Sqn
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No 4 RAS
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No 4 Sqn
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No 5 Sqn
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No 6 Sqn
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No 7 AACU
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No 7 Sqn
- No 8 Sqn
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No 10 Sqn
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No 15 Sqn
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No 16 Sqn
- No 22 (Army Cooperation) Grou0
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No 22 Gp Comm Flight
- NO 22 Group
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No 31 Sqn
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No 53 Sqn
- No 58 RS
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No 70 Gp Comm Flight
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No 70 Sqn
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No 71 Gp Comm Flight
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No 100 Sqn
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No 101 Sqn
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No 108 Sqn
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No 285 Sqn
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No 287 Sqn
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No 290 Sqn
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No 653 Sqn
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No 656 Sqn AAC
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No 664 Sqn AAC
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No 845 Sqn
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No 893 Sqn
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No 899 Sqn
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Administrative Wing
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Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment
- Aircraft Park
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Aircraft Park, Mesopotamia
- Aircraft Repair Park
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Army Aircraft Factory
- Army Co-operation Command
- Central Photographic Unit
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Empire Test Pilots School
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Headquarters Flight
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Joint Helicopter Support Unit
- London Executive Aviation (LEA)
- Luxaviation United Kingdom
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Meteorological Research Flight
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Officer Commanding Ferry Pilots
- Ordnance Aircraft Store Depot
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Photographic Flight
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Photographic Park
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RAE
- RAE GC
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RAF Photographic Centre
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Recruits Depot
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Reserve Aeroplane Sqn
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Reserve Depot
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Royal Aircraft Factory
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School for Wireless Operators
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School of Photography
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School of Photography, Maps & Reconnaissance
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Southern Aircraft Depot
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Southern ARD
- Station Flight, Farnborough
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Wireless Flight
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Wireless School
Aircraft Hangar 'The Black Shed' at Farnborough, 9 September 2007. © Richard Flagg
Frame of an airship hangar at Farnborough, 25 October 2009.
Aerial view of Farnborough Airport, 23 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
Looking toward the biz-jet ramp and control tower from near the Bailey Bridge, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
Looking north east across the airfield from near the Bailey Bridge, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
Airport Terminal at Farnborough, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
Airport Terminal at Farnborough, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
Portable Airship Hangar at Farnborough, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
A Seaplane Testing Tank at Farnborough, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
The control tower at Farnborough, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg
A new type of catapult being tested at Farnborough, 1930. Courtesy of British Pathé
Farnborough Air Display, 1948. Courtesy of British Pathé
Farnborough Air Display, 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé
A Pathé News special after John Derry's crash of his de Havilland DH 110, killing him, his flight test observer and 29 spectators. Courtesy of British Pathé