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Leeds East Airport

Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Leeds East Airport

Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Former RAF station repurposed as a general aviation airfield.

Location
Tadcaster, United Kingdom
Leeds East Airport, known by its ICAO code EGCM, is a general aviation aerodrome located near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England. It occupies the site of the former RAF Church Fenton, a Royal Air Force station with a history dating back to the 1930s. Following the closure of RAF Church Fenton as an active military base, the site was redeveloped for civilian use, serving light aircraft operations, flight training, and private aviation. The airfield retains much of its original wartime infrastructure. The airport does not operate scheduled commercial passenger services and is primarily used by general aviation operators, flying clubs, and private pilots in the Yorkshire region.
Getting to & from
The airfield is accessible primarily by road, situated near the A162 between Tadcaster and Selby in North Yorkshire.
Airlines here
No commercial airlines operate scheduled services from Leeds East Airport; the facility is dedicated to general aviation and flight training.
Notable facts
  • ›Occupies the former RAF Church Fenton site, which opened as a military airfield in the 1930s.
  • ›RAF Church Fenton served as a fighter station during the Second World War.
  • ›The site has been rebranded as Leeds East Airport to reflect its civilian general aviation role.
  • ›No scheduled commercial passenger flights operate from this aerodrome.
  • ›The airfield retains original infrastructure from its RAF era.
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Leeds East Airport Church Fenton, formerly RAF Church Fenton, is an airport and former Royal Air Force station located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) south-east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England and 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north-west of Selby, North Yorkshire, near the village of Church Fenton. The airport has had a licensing application from the UK Civil Aviation Authority rejected. This led to the scrapping of plans to allow regular scheduled passenger flights and charter flights to various European destinations. The airport has subsequently been awarded an operating licence for private use.

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