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Kingsmuir




KINGSMUIR: Private airstrip   (Also known as SORBIE)

Aerial view 2006
Aerial view 2006
Aerial detail 2006
Aerial detail 2006
Aerial view 2018
Aerial view 2018


Note:  All three of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©






 

Operated by: David and Violet Smith
 

Location: 3.5nm SE of St Andrews, 7.5nm SSE of RAF LEUCHARS. The village of Kingsmuir is on the B9131 just N of the junction with the B940

Period of operation: 1990s (?) to -

Kingsmuir in 2000
Kingsmuir in 2000

Note: This map is reproduced with the kind permission of Pooleys Flight Equipment Ltd. Copyright Robert Pooley 2014.

Runway: 06/24 560x18 grass   (In 2011 described as 620 m long)

 

NOTES: In 2001 freefall parachuting was taking place here. Perhaps it still does?

 


 
 

Wallace

This comment was written on: 2017-11-30 12:50:23
 
Parachute activity ceased here a number of years ago, transferring to Fife Airport, Glenrothes. Kingsmuir is still open for visitors.

 
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Wallace, Many thanks, I shall keep this posted. Best regards, Dick
 
 

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