Bristol Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome lies on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, north of Bristol, England. The airfield is bounded by the A38 trunk road to the east, the London to Avonmouth railway line to the south and the Old Filton Bypass road to the northwest. The aerodromes main runway runs east west. The aerodrome is also called Filton Airfield.
Bristol Filton Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (BAE Systems (Aviation Services) Limited).
Companies within the boundary of the aerodrome are BAE Systems, Airbus, MBDA and Rolls Royce, as well as a number of aircraft maintenance companies, flying schools and the South West of England Royal Mail sorting depot.
Filton has one of the longest non-commercial runways in Britain, having been extended first for the Bristol Barbizon airliner first flight in 1949 and again in the late 1960s for Concorde.
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