§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will indicate the civil airports of Great Britain which are privately owned and which are municipal, respectively, and showing those through which regular services operate and at what periods, and distinguishing those which are summer services only?
Captain BalfourThe information asked for is as follows:
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Name of Aerodrome. Services, 1937. Services, May, 1938. All Year. Summer. Private—Licensed for Public Use: Woodford, Cheshire — — — Reading (Woodley) … — — — Hatfield — — — Bekesbourne (Canterbury) —. — — Woolston, Southampton No services at Woolston during January-March, 1937. From March, 1937, incorporated in Southampton Water (Hythe) and since in use by Imperial Airways, Limited, for Empire services. Gravesend — — — Sywell (Northampton) — — — Whitley (Coventry) — — — Kirkwall (Wideford) Yes — Yes. Hamble — — — Maidstone (West Mailing) — — — Gatwick Regular services in operation until March, 1937. — Biggleswade (Old Warden Park) — — — Newtownards (Ards) Yes — Yes. Redhill (Nutfield) — — — Feltham (Hanworth Park) —. — — Bournemouth (Christchurch) — Yes Yes. Heanton Court, Barnstaple Yes — Yes. Brough, East Yorks — — — Teignmouth (Haldon) — — — Sumburgh, Lerwick From March — Yes. Cambridge (Teversham) — — — Radlett, Hertfordshire — — — Filton, Gloucestershire — — — Heath Row, Middlesex — — — Broxbourne (Mazeing Mead) — — — Gloucester (Brockworth) — — — Ratcliffe, Leicester — — — High Post, Salisbury — — — Newton House Hotel, Leeming — — — Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa — — — Wick Yes — Yes. Witney, Oxfordshire — — — Bembridge, Isle of Wight — Yes Yes. Pershore (Throckmorton) — — — Aberdeen (Dyce) From April — Yes. Hamble — — — Macmerry (Tranent), East Lothian — — — Netherthorpe, Worksop — — — Lea, Sandown, Isle of Wight — — — Port Ellen (Glenegedale), Islay Yes — Yes. Campbeltown, Argyllshire Yes — Yes. Leicester (Desford) — — — Prestwick (Ayrshire) — — — White Waltham, Maidenhead — — — Yatesbury, Wiltshire — — — Wilmington, near Polegate, Sussex — — — Brooklands, Byfleet — — — Coventry (Anstey) — — — Ryde (Barnsley Farm), Isle of Wight From March — Yes. Lundy Island, Devon Yes — Yes. Leicester (Rearsby) — — — Isles of Stilly, St. Mary's From September — Yes. Cornwall, Lands End From September — Yes. Barton in the Clay, Bedfordshire — — — Kintore, Aberdeenshire — Yes Yes. St. Merryn, Cornwall — — — Benbecula, Inverness Yes, on request only — Yes. Denham, Bucks — — — Elstree (Aldenham) — — —