HK-0008 Fanling Airstrip VFR

  • Name
    Fanling Airstrip
  • ICAO
    HK-0008
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    9:42 pm (HKT)
  • Municipality
    North
  • Coordinates
    22° 29′ 40″ N 114° 6′ 55″ E
  • Elevation
    56 ft (17 m MSL)

About Fanling Airstrip

Fanling Airstrip (Chinese: 粉嶺機場) was a military airstrip in the race course, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong.

In May 1949, when the 1st Independent Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers arrived from British Malaya, they built a temporary military airstrip on the ninth fairway (located at the Hong Kong Golf Club's fairway to number 9 hole), let the 2-seater spotter aircraft of the Royal Artillery to use for patrolling the British-Sino boundary for a few weeks before moving on (the unit departed Hong Kong in February 1950).

The airfield disappeared when the Golf Course resumed operations in the early 1950s.

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