![]() ![]() ![]() The airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P804) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Regional Airports Limited). Over the course of the war, fighters based at Biggin Hill claimed 1,400 enemy aircraft, at the cost of the lives of 453 Biggin Hill based aircrew. The airport was formerly a Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation.Īn armourer adjusting machine guns on a Spitfire at Biggin Hill during the Second World Warīiggin Hill is best known for its role during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War, when it served as one of the principal fighter bases protecting London and South East England from attack by German Luftwaffe bombers. London Biggin Hill Airport ( IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB) is an international airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located 12 NM (22 km 14 mi) south-southeast of Central London. ![]() Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority ![]()
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