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Old Sarum (Ford Farm)

Major
Also known as: Ford Farm Aerodrome / Old Sarum Aerodrome / RFC Ford Farm / RAF Old Sarum / RFC Old Sarum / Sarum Business Park
County: Wiltshire
Current Status: Aviation
Date: Opened August 1917
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / RFC / Civil
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Alexandra Heating Services Ltd
  • Amira Restaurant Ltd
  • Aurora Tourism Investments - formerly Tripos Tourism Group
  • BL Red Ltd
  • Blanefield Airfield Operations Ltd
  • Blencowe Scaffolding Ltd
  • Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
  • Bourne Construction & Maintenance
  • Brew UK Limited
  • Castlegate Windows Ltd
  • Clarke Instruments Ltd
  • Clipper Enterprises Ltd
  • Cloverland Ltd
  • Codeology Ltd
  • Dacol Painters & Decorators
  • didBOX Ltd
  • Easypv Ltd
  • Equinox International
  • Forking Out Ltd
  • Griffiths Scaffolding
  • GWP Protective
  • Heat Experience Days
  • Hippo Travel Ltd
  • Holy Cow Ice Cream Ltd
  • I-Want-A-Hot-Tub
  • iCenta Controls
  • John Rose
  • Just A Second
  • Kin Ho
  • Labelcraft UK Ltd
  • Laverstock & Ford Parish Council
  • Linden Portway Ltd
  • Masterprint
  • Metalwise Engineering
  • MW Contracts Ltd
  • Phoenix Lifting Systems
  • Primary Commercial Investments (UK) Ltd
  • Reflex Move
  • Rockvend Ltd
  • Rosemary Pugh
  • RR Training Ltd
  • Salisbury Caravans Centre Ltd
  • Sandra Silk Bookkeeping & Business Services
  • Sarum CrossFit
  • Sarum Graphics
  • Savant Heating Ltd
  • SpidaWebs
  • Spire Pine Co
  • Spruce Pools
  • T Signs Ltd
  • TK Hockey (UK) Ltd
  • Trevor Peters Design
  • TRS Motorsport Technology
  • Viessmann Spares Direct
  • W Mundy Building Contractors Ltd
  • W Shipsey & Sons Ltd
  • Yearwood Services Ltd

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 1 School of Army Co-operation
  • No 2 Personnel Holding Unit

  • No 7 Sqn
  • No 8 AACU

  • No 11 TDS

  • No 11 TS

  • No 13 Sqn

  • No 14 Personnel Transit Centre

  • No 15 (Fighter) Sector
  • No 16 Sqn

  • No 17 (Fighter) Sector

  • No 17 Personnel Transit Centre

  • No 18 Sqn

  • No 34 Sqn

  • No 36 (Army Co-operation) Wing
  • No 39 (RCAF) (Reconnaissance) Wing

  • No 41 OTU
  • No 43 OTU

  • No 53 Sqn

  • No 59 Sqn

  • No 72 Wing
  • No 84 Gp Communication Sqn
  • No 98 Sqn

  • No 99 Sqn
  • No 103 Sqn

  • No 104 'P' Balloon Flight

  • No 105 Mobile Air Reporting Unit
  • No 107 Sqn

  • No 110 Sqn RCAF
  • No 112 Sqn RCAF
  • No 124 Sqn
  • No 125 Sqn
  • No 126 Sqn
  • No 225 Sqn

  • No 239 Sqn
  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 404 Air Stores Park

  • No 408 (Polish) Air Stores Park

  • No 418 Air Stores Park

  • No 615 Sqn

  • No 651 Sqn

  • No 652 Sqn

  • No 653 Sqn

  • No 654 Sqn

  • No 655 Sqn

  • No 658 Sqn

  • No 660 Sqn

  • No 661 Sqn

  • No 662 Sqn

  • No 810 Sqn

  • No 846 Sqn

  • No 879 Sqn

  • No 992 (Balloon) Sqn

  • No 1300 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
  • No 1471 (AAC) Flight

  • No 2769 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2773 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2798 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2800 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2811 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2839 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 3205 Servicing Commando
  • No 3206 Servicing Commando
  • No 3207 Servicing Commando
  • No 3209 Servicing Commando
  • No 3210 Servicing Commando
  • No 4161 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
  • Airsportuk
  • Army Air Transport Training & Development Centre
  • Army Co-operation Pool
  • Artillery Co-operation Sqn
  • Bustard Flying Club

  • 'D' (Army Co-operation) Flight

  • Dorset GC

  • GoFly
  • Helicopter Development Unit
  • Joint Helicopter Development Unit
  • Joint Warfare Establishment

  • Old Sarum Flying School
  • PFA Group 172

  • RAF Element, Helicopter Development Unit

  • The RAF School of Army Co-operation
  • The School of Air Support
  • School of Army Co-operation
  • School of Instruction, Southern Training Brigade
  • School of Land/Air Warfare

  • Shadow Flight Centre/Shadow Aviation Ltd
  • Short Range Transport Development Unit

  • Skydive South Coast
  • Special Duties Flight

  • VISTRE Flight

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The control tower at Old Sarum, 15 June 2014.

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A hangar at Old Sarum, 9 August 2014.

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One of the surviving First World War hangars, 6 February 2017.

Footage of Old Sarum, 1930. Courtesy of British Pathé

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Yeovilton

Decoy Airfield(s):

Pitton

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