Bembridge Airport
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Bembridge Airport is located 2.3 NM northeast of Sandown
Sandown
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, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
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, England
England
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Bembridge Aerodrome no longer has a CAA
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority
The Civil Aviation Authority is the public corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of aviation in the United Kingdom. The CAA head office is located in the CAA House on Kingsway in Holborn, London Borough of Camden...

 Ordinary Licence (Number P854) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Bembridge Airport Limited).

The airport is home to the aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman
Britten-Norman
Britten-Norman is a British aircraft manufacturer owned by members of the Zawawi family from the Sultanate of Oman, making it the last remaining UK independent commercial aircraft producer....

, The European assembly plant for Cirrus
Cirrus Design
The Cirrus Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1984 by Alan and Dale Klapmeier to produce the VK-30 kit aircraft....

light aircraft is also located at Bembridge.
There is also a Gliding Club operating from the south side (Vectis Gliding Club).

Bembridge Airport now open to non residents PPR (prior permission required)
http://www.vectisglidingclub.co.uk/html/airfield_info.html

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