Hixon
Major
| Also known as: | Airfield Industrial Estate / Hixon Aerodrome / Hixon Airfield Industrial Estate / Jupiter Business Park / RAF Hixon / RAF Station, Hixon |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry |
| Date: | 13 May 1942 - 5 November 1957 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2024):
- Agrii
- Airfield Garage
- ALE
- Allett Mowers
- Brucom Distribution Ltd
- Cox Long Limited
- DMN Logistics
- Envirostik Holdings (UK)
- ESS Packaging
- Hixon Airfield Services
- Hixon Local History Society
- Hixon Memorial Hall - memorial plaque
- Hixon Parish Council
- Hortons Estate Ltd
- InCube Limited
- Intatec Limited
- iWood Timber Ltd
- JCB Power Products Broadcrown Ltd
- Leisure Plus
- Mammoet UK Ltd
- Mec Com Limited
- Saint Peter's Anglican Church, Hixon - RAF graves and commemorative stained glass window
- Sandmaster (UK) Holdings Ltd
- SSC Laser Cutting
- Stowe-by-Chartley Parish Council
- Total Packaging Systems Ltd
- Trident Steel
- Unique Auto Centre
- Walker Timber Engineering
Main unit(s) present:
- No 12 (P) AFU
- No 16 MU
- No 30 OTU
- No 1686 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight
- Station Flight, Hixon
Video and photographs of ABCT's Hixon Airfield memorial unveiling, Wednesday 25 September 2024. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
Painting of No 30 OTU at Hixon, 1943. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Aerial view of Hixon airfield, c. 1976. © Dave Welch.
A searchlight shed at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
A Battle Headquarters at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
The control tower at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
Footage from Hixon, November 1991. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix/R. Griffith
Plan of Hixon, c. 1945. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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