Booker (Marlow) (Wycombe Air Park)
Also known as: | Booker Aerodrome / High Wycombe / High Wycombe Landing Ground / Marlow Aerodrome / RAF Booker / RAF Station, Booker / RFC High Wycombe |
County: | Buckinghamshire |
Current Status: | Aviation |
Date: | Opened February 1917 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF / RFC / Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved/unpaved |
Aircraft Roles: | Communications / General aviation (main role) / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Airpart Supply Limited
- Airways Aero Associations Ltd - operator
- Great Marlow Parish Council
- Marlow Town Council - name only
- The Pad - bar and restaurant
- Wycombe District Council - owner
- Wycombe Squash & Racketball Club
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Basic FTS
- No 5 MU
- No 21 EFTS
- No 126 EGS / C126 EGS
- No 126 GS
- 604 Squadron Flying Group
- Advanced Flying Club
- Air Crew Allocation Unit
- Airways Flying Club
- BEA Silver Wing GC
- Booker Aviation
- Booker GC
- Caledonian Advanced Pilot Training
- Chiltern Classic Flight
- High Wycombe Flying Group
- Home Command Modified Officer Cadet Training Unit
- Joint Services Staff College Flight
- Phoenix Flying Group
- Seven Flying Group
- The Tiger Flyers
- University of London Air Sqn
- Wycombe Air Centre
Footage from Booker, c. 1960s. Courtesy of British Movietone
An air display at Booker, 1966. Courtesy of British Pathé
The control tower being moved to Brooklands, 1997. Courtesy of andysvideo