Dunsfold Aerodrome

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aerodrome airfield airport

Dunsfold Aerodrome is a historic airfield in Surrey, England, best known as the test site for pioneering British aircraft and later as the filming location for the BBC’s "Top Gear" test track.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dunsfold Aerodrome canonical 3
Dunsfold Aerodrome test track 2
Dunsfold, Surrey, England 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerodrome ⓘ
airfield ⓘ
airport ⓘ
associatedWithCompany British Aerospace ⓘ
Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
builtBy Royal Canadian Engineers ⓘ
constructedFor Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
elevation approximately 196 feet above sea level ⓘ
gridReference TQ018361 ⓘ
hasFacility Top Gear studio building ⓘ
hasHeritage historic military airfield ⓘ
hasRunway Runway 07/25 ⓘ
hasType private airfield ⓘ
IATAcode none ⓘ
ICAOcode EGTD ⓘ
laterOwner BAE Systems ⓘ
Dunsfold ⓘ
surface form: Dunsfold Park Ltd

The Rutland Group ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Cranleigh ⓘ
Dunsfold ⓘ
notableFor development of V/STOL aircraft ⓘ
testing of Hawker Hunter ⓘ
testing of Hawker P.1127 ⓘ
testing of Hawker Siddeley Harrier ⓘ
opened 1942 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
planningStatus subject to redevelopment proposals ⓘ
postwarUse civil aviation ⓘ
film and television production location ⓘ
test airfield for Hawker aircraft ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
runwayLength approximately 1,800 metres ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
usedAs Top Gear test track ⓘ
usedBy Top Gear ⓘ
surface form: BBC television programme Top Gear
usedDuring World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
usedFor airshows ⓘ
automotive testing ⓘ
business aviation ⓘ
general aviation ⓘ
motorsport events ⓘ
wartimeRole Royal Canadian Air Force bomber base ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawker P.1127 → firstFlightLocation → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
Top Gear → setting → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunsfold Aerodrome test track
Top Gear → filmingLocation → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunsfold, Surrey, England
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car → location → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
Power Laps → usesLocation → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
The Stig → associatedWith → Dunsfold Aerodrome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunsfold Aerodrome test track