Cumbernauld Airport Port-adhair Comar nan Allt
IATA: none ICAO: EGPG
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Cumbernauld Airport Ltd
Location	Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
Elevation AMSL	350 ft / 107 m
Coordinates	55°58′29″N 003°58′32″W / 55.97472°N 3.97556°W / 55.97472; -3.97556
Website	www.cumbernauldairport.org
Map
EGPG Location in North Lanarkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 820 2,690 Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]

Cumbernauld Airport (ICAO: EGPG, FAA LID: CBN) is a general aviation airport located 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The airport is primarily used for the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots; it also boasts a helicopter charter company and a light aircraft charter operation along with aircraft maintenance facility.

Cumbernauld Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P827) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Cormack Aircraft Services Limited).^[2]

History

The new airport was opened by the Cumbernauld Development Corpororation in the late 1980s. Before the new airport was constructed there was a grass strip in use on the same site. During the early years of the airport's new incarnation there was even an airshow, the highlight being a display by the Red Arrows and a mock dogfight between a Supermarine Spitfire and a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.

Operators

Training organisations: Phoenix Flight Training,^[3] Border Air Training,^[4]

Other Operators: PDG Helicopters (helicopter charters) and Hebridean Air Services (twin engine Britten-Norman Islander charter).

Maintenance Organisation: Cormack Islander Aircraft (Islander Aircraft Limited).

Also located on the airfield is the active West of Scotland strut of the Light Aircraft Association (formerly the Popular Flying Association).