Andreas
ANDREAS: Military aerodrome later private airfield, microlight and gliding site
Note: These six pictures were all obtained from Google Earth ©
Military user: RAF Flying Training Command 29 Group
11 Air Gunnery School (Avro Ansons & Miles Martinets)
RAF Fighter Command
457 Sqdn (Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires)
275 (ASR) Sqdn (Avro Ansons, Boulton Paul Defiants, Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires & Walrus and Westland Lysanders)
Gliding club: 2006: Andreas Gliding Club
Location: E to NE of Andreas, 3.5nm NW of Ramsey
Period of operation: Military 1941 to 1946? Later civil use
Runways: WW2: 06/24 1234x46 hard 18/36 1097x46 hard
12/30 1143x46 hard
2006: Runway 11/29 was listed as being 1100 metres long and pretty close to its WW2 dimensions.
2007: It appears runways, (or parts of), 05/23 and 11/29 were still in use but in poor condition.
2021: It now looks as if 940 metres are available on runway 11/29
NOTES: Auster J/1 G-AHAU flew into the 2004 PFA Rally from ANDREAS. Also refer to AAIB report EW/G2006/06/15.
A FLY-IN
In 2011 Light Aviation magazine reported that The Association of Manx Pilots were planning a Fly-In here for the 4th and 5th June. A look at their website in 2011 indicated that runway 06/24 was approximately 900 metres long and runway 11/29 was approximately 1000 metres long. It also mentioned that an Auster, Piper Cherokee, Jabiru and Robin DR400 were based here.
However, a look at the Andreas Gliding Club site gave precise runway dimensions with: 06/24 1200x35 and 11/29 1170x35.
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