Kirmington (Humberside)
Major
| Also known as: | Humberside Airport / Humberside International Airport / Kirmington Aerodrome / RAF Kirmington / RAF Station, Kirmington |
| County: | North Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened February 1942 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil |
| Prominent People: | Donald Pleasence |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Alpha Airport Shopping
- Anglia Air Freight Ltd
- Bar
- Bar des Voyageurs
- Barnetby le Wold Parish Council
- Data Encryption Systems Ltd
- Eastern Group
- Fairs Lloyds Travel
- Global Aviation
- Humberside Airport Travel
- International Currency Exchange (ICE)
- Kirmington and Croxton Parish Council
- Links Air Limited
- North Lincolnshire Council
- Servisair
- Shannon Industrial Ltd
- TheFoodVillage
- Weston Aviation Support
- WHSmith
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Manchester Airports Group (M.A.G)
Main unit(s) present:
- No 15 (P) AFU
- No 142 Sqn
- No 150 Sqn
- No 153 Sqn
- No 166 Sqn
- No 2797 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2802 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2898 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Aegean Airlines
- Air Anglia
- Air Anglia Executive
- Air UK
- BH Air
- Eastern Airways
- Excalibur Airways
- Fly Hellas
- Flybe
- Humber Flying Club
- KLM Cityhopper
- Lease Air
- Malinair
- Orbest Orizonia Airlines
- SATA International
- Small Planet Airlines
- Soloflight Aviation
- South Humberside Flying Club
- Station Flight, Kirmington
- Thomas Cook Airlines
The barrack quarters at Kirmington, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg
Barrack quarters interior, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Kirmington, 2 May 2010.
Aerial view of Kirmington, 2 May 2010.
A runway at Kirmington, 5 August 2011.
Various buildings at Kirmington, 4 April 2013.
Runway 08:26, looking west from near the runway 26 threshold, 28 April 2016. © Richard Flagg
Bristow Coastguard facility at Kirmington, 6 August 2016.
Concorde at Kirmington, 1994. Courtesy of jetnoiseforever
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