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Peterborough Business Airport (EGSF), also known as Conington Airport, is a privately operated general aviation field in Cambridgeshire, occupying part of the former wartime bomber station RAF Glatton a few miles south of Peterborough. Today it is home to several flying clubs and a microlight school, offering visiting pilots a mix of hard runways, fuel, and a strong sense of its Eighth Air Force heritage.
Peterborough Business Airport lies near the villages of Holme and Conington in Cambridgeshire and is operated by Aerolease Ltd under a CAA Ordinary Licence. It began life as the wartime RAF Glatton, home to USAAF B-17 Flying Fortresses, and has since evolved into a busy civilian general aviation field with resident flying clubs, a microlight school and aircraft engineering support, making it a rewarding destination for a sim pilot interested in both history and varied circuit work.
The airfield sits in Cambridgeshire close to the villages of Holme and Conington, about 7 nautical miles south of Peterborough. It is a small, privately run aerodrome rather than a controlled airport, with an air-ground radio service rather than full air traffic control.
The main runway, 10/28, is a hard, lit surface with a landing/takeoff length of about 3,444 ft available running towards 10 and about 2,862 ft available running towards 28. A second hard, lit runway, 16/34, offers about 2,561 ft in each direction. Neither runway is equipped with an instrument landing system.
An air-ground (A/G) radio service is provided on 129.725 MHz. There are no published instrument approaches or navaids at the field, so arrivals and departures are flown visually.
Specific published circuit heights and joining instructions are not detailed in available sources, but as an unlicensed/PPR general aviation site, pilots should expect standard visual joining via the overhead or a straight-in call on the A/G frequency, and should obtain prior permission before arriving.
The airfield is bordered by the villages of Holme and Conington, with Rose Court Farm lying between the two runways as a useful ground reference. The site's old station water tower and a surviving blister hangar, together with a USAAF memorial near the tower, are distinctive landmarks for pilots identifying the field from the air.
The airfield was built in 1942-43 as RAF Glatton by the 809th United States Army Corps of Engineers and housed B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the 457th Bomb Group during the Second World War. After the war it passed to RAF Bomber Command before being mothballed in 1946. Much of the wartime infrastructure has since disappeared, leaving only the blister hangar and station water tower, near which stands a memorial to the 457th Bomb Group, with a further memorial in the parish church at Conington. The road between Holme and Conington was later reinstated along the old north-east/south-west runway, permanently closing it to aircraft. By the late 1960s the remaining east-west runway was used by two Peterborough companies, Mitchell Construction and Hotpoint, operating executive aircraft from the blister hangar with a portacabin serving as passenger reception and paraffin gooseneck flares providing night lighting. Mitchell's operation ended with the company's bankruptcy in early 1973, and Hotpoint's flying ceased in 1975 under new management. A dedicated building with a control tower was constructed in 1995, and in 2000 the resident flying club was renamed Flying Club Conington.
The airfield is operated by Aerolease Ltd under a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P861), permitting public transport flights and flying instruction. Both avgas and jet fuel are available on-site, with hangarage and parking available by arrangement. Flying Club Conington and Mid-Anglia School of Flying both offer fixed-wing aircraft hire and training, Aerolease Engineering provides aircraft engineering services, Ampsair offers microlight training and hire, and MFH Helicopters provides helicopter hire and training. Prior permission is required before flying in.
