HK-0008
Fanling Airstrip
VFR
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Name
Fanling Airstrip
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ICAO
HK-0008
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- Region
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Timezone
9:42 pm (HKT)
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Municipality
North
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Coordinates
22° 29′ 40″ N 114° 6′ 55″ E
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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.