Netheravon Airfield

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Netheravon Airfield is a historic British military airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, long associated with early army aviation and pilot training.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army airfield
military airfield
associatedWith early British military aviation
pilot training in the British Army
country United Kingdom
elevation 299 feet
91 metres
garrison Army Parachute Association
Joint Services Parachute Centre
hasCoordinates approximately 51.24°N 1.78°W
hasFacility grass flying field
parachute training centre
hasHeritageStatus historic military site
hasICAOCode EGDN
hasNearbyLandmark Stonehenge
hasNearbySettlement Amesbury
Durrington, Wiltshire
hasRunway grass runway 06/24
historicalUse World War I military aviation
World War II training
early army aviation
interwar RAF training
locatedIn England
Netheravon
South West England
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
locatedNear A345 road NERFINISHED
River Avon, Wiltshire
locatedOn Salisbury Plain
operatedBy British Army
ownedBy Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
partOf Salisbury Plain Training Area
region Wiltshire Council area
runwaySurface grass
usedBy Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
usedFor army aviation
military aviation
military parachuting
parachute training
pilot training
sport parachuting

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Upavon
nearbyFacility
Royal Flying Corps
trainingLocation

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