Hixon
Major
| Also known as: | Airfield Industrial Estate / Hixon Aerodrome / Hixon Airfield Industrial Estate / Jupiter Business Park / RAF Hixon |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry |
| Date: | 13 May 1942 - November 1957 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Airfield Garage
- ALE
- Allett Mowers
- Brucom Distribution Ltd
- Cox Long Limited
- Envirostik Holdings (UK)
- Hixon Airfield Services
- Hixon Local History Society
- Hixon Memorial Hall
- Hixon Parish Council
- InCube Limited
- Intatec Limited
- iWood Timber Ltd
- JCB Power Products Broadcrown Ltd
- Mec Com Limited
- Sandmaster (UK) Holdings Ltd
- SSC Laser Cutting
- Stowe-by-Chartley Parish Council
- Total Packaging Systems Ltd
- Unique Auto Centre
Main unit(s) present:
- No 12 (P) AFU
- No 16 MU
- No 30 OTU
- No 1686 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight
Painting of No 30 OTU at Hixon, 1943. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Aerial view of Hixon airfield, c. 1976. © Dave Welch.
A searchlight shed at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
A Battle Headquarters at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
The control tower at Hixon, 14 September 2020.
Footage from Hixon, November 1991. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix/R. Griffith
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