Carlisle Airport, Irthington | ||
Carlisle Airport | ||
Carlisle City Airport | ||
Crosby on Eden Airfield | ||
civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | airfield | |
coordinates:- | NY480610 (etc) | |
1Km square:- | NY4861 | |
10Km square:- | NY46 | |
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CGC40.jpg (taken 12.5.2017) BOX10.jpg Control tower, passenger terminal, and a rubbish skip. (taken 29.3.2008) |
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BOX11.jpg (taken 29.3.2008) BOX12.jpg Chocks. (taken 29.3.2008) BOX13.jpg ?Sikorsky helicopter, being prepared for take off? (taken 29.3.2008) BOX09.jpg (taken 29.3.2008) |
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hearsay:- |
Opened by the RAF as Crosby on Eden Airfield, 1941, and used by them to 1946. Reopened
as Carlisle City Airport, 1960. |
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Davies, Ken: 2001: Lakeland Aviation and Airfields: Regional Publications (Freshwater,
Isle of Wight) Wiggins, Paul: 1991: Carlisle Airport &History of Crosby on Eden Airfield: Solway Aviation Society |
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