Boon Hill
BOON HILL: Private aerodrome (Aka FADMOOR and MOORS NATIONAL PARK)
Notes: These four pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Operated by: 1980s to 1990s only? Mr P H Johnson
Location: On top of Boonhill Common, just NW of Gillamoor, 3nm NW of Kirkbymoorside, 5nm N of Wombleton
Period of operation: 1980s (?) to -
Note: These maps are reproduced with the kind permission of Pooleys Flight Equipment Ltd. Copyright Robert Pooley 2014.
Runways: 1990: 02/20 600x30 grass 14/32 600x30 grass
07/25 500x30 grass
2000: 02/20 550x27 grass 14/32 460x27 grass
NOTES: Some may ask why I have decided to list this airfield as BOON HILL as opposed to FADMOOR? The reason is I have a copy of a film made in the early 1990s and the name painted on the roof of the club house is BOON HILL. Presumably this has since been changed as the Google Earth pictures show no sign of this.
I don't think I have come across an airfield that has moved its runways around as much as BOON HILL / FADMOOR. The picture from 2007 is, I think of special interest as it certainly appears to show a taxiway to a 01/19 runway about 1000 metres long. Ideal for twins, but the 2002 picture clearly shows a twin visiting before this.
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