Marshall Airport Cambridge UK (previously
Cambridge City Airport) is a small regional
airportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in southeastern
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, on the eastern outskirts of
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,
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, south of
Newmarket RoadNewmarket Road is an arterial road in the east of Cambridge, England. It is designated the A1134 at the western end, linked by a roundabout forming a junction with Barnwell Road to the south. The eastern end links with the city's inner ring road at another roundabout, with Elizabeth Way to the...
and west of the village of
TevershamTeversham is a very small village in Cambridgeshirelocated roughly from Fulbourn, and is roughly from Cambridge. It is a small village compared to neighbouring ones. Its school is criticised for being at a frustrating corner, hence a large cause of traffic...
, from the centre of Cambridge and approximately from
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.
Opened in 1938, the airport is owned and operated by
Marshall AerospaceThe Marshall companies have been internationally associated with aerospace engineering for nearly a century. The Company employs over 1,800 people and is based on an site with of covered hangar space...
, a Cambridge based company with many years' history servicing
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and
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contracts.
Marshall Airport Cambridge UK (previously
Cambridge City Airport) is a small regional
airportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in southeastern
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, on the eastern outskirts of
CambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen....
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, south of
Newmarket RoadNewmarket Road is an arterial road in the east of Cambridge, England. It is designated the A1134 at the western end, linked by a roundabout forming a junction with Barnwell Road to the south. The eastern end links with the city's inner ring road at another roundabout, with Elizabeth Way to the...
and west of the village of
TevershamTeversham is a very small village in Cambridgeshirelocated roughly from Fulbourn, and is roughly from Cambridge. It is a small village compared to neighbouring ones. Its school is criticised for being at a frustrating corner, hence a large cause of traffic...
, from the centre of Cambridge and approximately from
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
.
Opened in 1938, the airport is owned and operated by
Marshall AerospaceThe Marshall companies have been internationally associated with aerospace engineering for nearly a century. The Company employs over 1,800 people and is based on an site with of covered hangar space...
, a Cambridge based company with many years' history servicing
civilianA civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by law enforcement agencies, which often use...
and
militaryA military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. As an adjective the term "military" is also used to refer to any property or aspect of a military...
contracts. The main building was designed by the architect
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of the
University of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge , located in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the fourth oldest in Europe...
and constructed 1936–37.
Although the airport does not offer regular passenger services it is available for corporate and private use, and is home to four flying schools.
Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Limited has a
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Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P433) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
In October 2008, to coincide with the opening of the new Marshall Business Aviation Centre, the airport's name was changed from Cambridge City Airport to Marshall Airport Cambridge UK.
In 2008, the airport posted a gain of 9.07% over 2007 in total aircraft movements, going from 38,983 to 42,520.
Future
There has been a great deal of speculation over the past five years regarding the future of Cambridge Airport. Land available for building in Cambridge is at a premium, but the city is surrounded by large areas of
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land on which building new housing is prohibited. In 2000, a proposal was created to relocate the airport to a new site away from the city, which would have freed up of land for the building of several thousand new homes. A study for a new airport was undertaken by
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and
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was requested but subsequently withdrawn.
Despite speculation regarding the airport's future Marshall Aerospace has continued to develop the site. In Autumn 2008 new business aviation facilities were opened, including a new 20,000 sq ft hangar adding to the 1,200,000 sq ft of hangarage already on the site.
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