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Netheravon Airfield

Netheravon Airfield
Netheravon, Wiltshire
Near Amesbury, Wiltshire in England
Aerial Photography Before the First World War, Netheravon concentration camp Q69871.jpg
"Concentration Camp" at RFC Netheravon, June 1914
Coordinates 51°14′43.27″N 1°45′31.64″W / 51.2453528°N 1.7587889°W / 51.2453528; -1.7587889
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Controlled by Army Air Corps
Open to
the public
no
Site history
Built 1912
In use 1912 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers ICAO: EGDN

Coordinates: 51°14′42″N 1°45′47″W / 51.245°N 1.763°W / 51.245; -1.763 Netheravon Airfield is a grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1913 by the Royal Flying Corps, it became RAF Netheravon from 1918 until 1963, then AAC Netheravon (Army Air Corps) until 2012. Buildings from 1913 and 1914 survive on part of the site.

The airfield lies on Salisbury Plain, mostly in Fittleton parish, extending south into Figheldean. It is close to Netheravon village and about 5 miles (8 km) north of the town of Amesbury.

Its buildings are on two sites. Technical buildings, including as the control tower and hangars, are immediately southwest of the runways. About 1 mile (2 km) further southwest, towards Netheravon, is Airfield Camp (also known as Lower Camp) which has offices, a training school (the Airmen's Institute), an Officers' Mess and barracks.

The Ministry of Defence land which surrounds the site is part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area.

Much farmland in the area was bought by the War Office around 1898 for military training. Along with nearby Upavon and Larkhill, the airfield was part of the formative phase of military flying. The Royal Flying Corps was established in April 1912; in May its Central Flying School was formed at Upavon, and its Military Wing was formed from the Air Battalion, which flew aircraft at Larkhill.


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