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Tollerton (Nottingham)

Major
Also known as: Nottingham City Airport / RAF Tollerton / Tollerton Aerodrome
County: Nottinghamshire
Current Status: Aviation
Date: Opened October 1929
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / Civil

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):

  • Access Constuction
  • Chocks Away - cafe
  • Elevated Access
  • Jacksons Recovery
  • Monarch Acoustics Ltd
  • Monarch Education Furniture
  • Ormonde Aircraft Ltd
  • Saffron City - Indian restaurant, formerly The Spice Barn
  • Tollerton Parish Council
  • Tollerton Village History Group
  • Truman Aviation - operator
  • Vale Engineering

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • Foresters Model Flying Club
  • Nottingham City Council
  • T. Shipside Ltd

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 1 FTS
  • No 2 FTS
  • No 27 E&RFTS
  • No 2425 (Nottingham Airport) Sqn ATC
  • Arcus Helicopters
  • Aeros Nottingham
  • Blue Line Airways
  • C.D. Barnard Air Tours Ltd
  • C.W.A. Scott's Flying Display Ltd
  • National Aviation Displays Ltd
  • Nottingham Flying Club
  • Sherwood Flying Club
  • Trent Valley Aviation 
  • Victa Flying Group
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A hangar at Tollerton, 28 August 2008.

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A runway at Tollerton 13 December 2009.

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A pillbox at Tollerton, 13 December 2009.

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Pillboxes at Tollerton, 13 December 2009.

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A pillbox at Tollerton, 13 November 2011.

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A hangar at Tollerton, 13 November 2011.

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The control tower at Tollerton, 13 November 2011.

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View of Tollerton, 6 October 2013.

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A pillbox at Tollerton, 22 April 2020.

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Pillboxes at Tollerton, 22 April 2020.

Footage includes an air display at Tollerton, 1946. Courtesy of British Pathé

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Newton, Nottinghamshire

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