Brunton

55°31'26"N001°40'35"W

Runway: 02/20 - 1450x45meters/4800x150feet - concrete
Runway: 08/26 - 1000x45meters/3300x150feet - concrete
Runway: 14/32 - 1000x45meters/3300x150feet - concrete

Brunton airfield was an airfield 105 kilometers southeast of Edinburg. The airfield was built as a Class-A airfield between 1941 and 1942. It opened as a satellite to the Operational Training Unit at Milfield airfield in August 1942.
Operations at the airfield ended in May 1945. The airfield closed on 22 November 1945.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located

The runways, taxitracks and dispersals are all clearly visible from aerial photography. Some air raid shelters are still at the airfield, but most other wartime buildings have disappeared. Some newer buldings have appeared, most notably on the east side of the 08/26 runway. According to the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust it is now (2011) open land. There is one small exception though: A military data relay station is located on teh southeast corner of the former airfield.
The condition of the runways could not be determined from aerial photography, but debris indicates they are no longer usable.


The former air station in 2007 (Google Earth)


The data communications station in 2007.