About: Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport

Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/1RYooba2MqMujLQyAQvTiA==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, also known as Whitchurch Airport, was a municipal airport in Bristol, England, three miles (5 km) south of the city centre, from 1930 to 1957. It was the main airport for Bristol and area. During World War II, it was one of the few civil airports that remained operational, enabling air connections to Lisbon and Shannon and from there to the United States.

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	Airport
rdfs:label	Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport
rdfs:comment	Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, also known as Whitchurch Airport, was a municipal airport in Bristol, England, three miles (5 km) south of the city centre, from 1930 to 1957. It was the main airport for Bristol and area. During World War II, it was one of the few civil airports that remained operational, enabling air connections to Lisbon and Shannon and from there to the United States.
sameAs	dbr:Bristol_(Whitchurch)_Airport
r1-length-f	3048(xsd:integer)
pushpin label	Whitchurch
dcterms:subject	dbkwik:resource/mtbaW5zR4v7k_r6A3pdrMA== dbkwik:resource/CjSfoXje07etEfqKl9gIbw== dbkwik:resource/E21M115R3CY2MUqNW5fcWA==
elevation-m	61(xsd:integer)
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate	dbkwik:resource/AaGpNMKXeCEx6k1ovZIRVg== dbkwik:resource/ODD2urn6xOTu5tfNx3dKHA== dbkwik:resource/ZbtrzLFw6TNwE1208cbZTA== dbkwik:resource/pTEKXoXwy_QJD-cbbKl3EQ== dbkwik:resource/NUW3w8RdtOHnZvNCXkXy8w== dbkwik:resource/7_dwHHF8FUA3XhGjI4-8Fw==
latd	51(xsd:integer)
stat2-data	6003(xsd:integer)
nativeName	Whitchurch Airport
longs	11(xsd:integer)
stat3-header	Freight
Built	1930(xsd:integer)
r1-length-m	929(xsd:integer)
latm	24(xsd:integer)
longm	35(xsd:integer)
Name	Bristol Airport
r1-surface	Originally grass, asphalt from 1941
Type	Public
Caption	Part of the former runway can be seen in what is now Hengrove Park
lats	46(xsd:integer)
longEW	W
pushpin map	United Kingdom Bristol
pushpin map caption	Location in Bristol
r1-number	10(xsd:integer)
stat1-data	4810(xsd:integer)
Operator	Bristol Airport Committee
coordinates region	GB
city-served	dbkwik:resource/Od0TGNNjN0NVFsBG9toYOw== Bristol Somerset Gloucestershire
latNS	N
used	8.520552E8
coordinates type	airport
longd	2(xsd:integer)
stat2-header	Passengers
elevation-f	200(xsd:integer)
stat3-data	2520.0
Owner	dbkwik:resource/U7UN2CHDz8LJq3g6Mvb_OA==
metric-rwy	Y
stat1-header	Movements
Location	dbkwik:resource/VQl7oArD-4n_GjNEDuuqEQ==
stat-year	1936(xsd:integer)
abstract	Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, also known as Whitchurch Airport, was a municipal airport in Bristol, England, three miles (5 km) south of the city centre, from 1930 to 1957. It was the main airport for Bristol and area. During World War II, it was one of the few civil airports that remained operational, enabling air connections to Lisbon and Shannon and from there to the United States. The airport closed in 1957, with services transferred to the former RAF Lulsgate Bottom. The former airfield is now occupied by a sports centre, trading estates and retail parks. Part of the site is earmarked for development of the South Bristol Community Hospital.

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software