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Perth Airport
Perth Airport in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Perth Airport is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Perth Airport (IATA: PSL, ICAO: EGPT) is a general-aviation airport located at New Scone, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Perth, Scotland. The airport is used by private and business aircraft, and for pilot training. There are no commercial scheduled flights from the airport. Perth Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P823) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, Morris Leslie Limited. The airport is operated daily from 09:00 to 17:00 by ACS Aviation Ltd.
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Background
History
arrives to be used as an instructional airframe by AST. In the background is the original hangar 1, which dates back to the 1930s.]] The airport opened in 1936 as Scone Aerodrome. A flight training school, training military pilots, was established shortly after the airport was opened. Immediately after the start of World War II, researchers working on aircraft-mounted radars were stationed at Scone for a brief period, fitting their radar systems to various aircraft. The site was unsuitable for such work, and the team moved to a new site in Wales in November. During the war, 309 (Polish) and 666 Squadrons from the Royal Air Force used the aerodrome, then known as RAF (Royal Air Force) Scone.…
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- Coordinates
- 56.4392, -3.3722
- Address
- | elevation-f = 395
- Established
- 1936
- Official site
- www.perthairport.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q3915010 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Perth Airport (Scotland) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Perth Airport?
- Perth Airport is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Perth Airport built?
- Built or established in 1936.
- Who owns Perth Airport?
- Perth Airport is owned by Morris Leslie Ltd.