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EGCB City Airport Manchester LIFR

  • Name
    City Airport Manchester
  • ICAO / GPS
    EGCB / EGCB
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    12:19 pm (GMT)
  • Municipality
    Manchester / Salford
  • Coordinates
    53° 28′ 18″ N 2° 23′ 22″ W
  • Elevation
    73 ft (22 m MSL)

About City Airport Manchester

Barton Aerodrome (ICAO: EGCB) is an airport in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, England, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Manchester. Formerly known as City Airport and City Airport Manchester, It is known by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as Manchester/Barton and rebranded as Manchester Barton Aerodrome on 3rd April 2023.

The United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport, it has four grass runways. The airfield operates Tuesday - Sunday, from 9 am BST until 6 p.m. or sunset (whichever earlier) for fixed-wing aircraft. Commercial, private, military, police and air ambulance helicopters can operate in the hours of darkness by arrangement.

The airport serves as an important reliever airport for Manchester Airport. It is also used as a refuelling stop for light aircraft and helicopters. It lies on the edge of Chat Moss and the aircraft movements area suffers from occasional periods of waterlogging, restricting fixed wing operations. Works to improve drainage on the airfield have seen some success in reducing the number of closures.

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