Tatenhill Airfield - 01283 575283

Tatenhill Airfield, previously known as RAF Tatenhill, is a licensed airfield operated by Tatenhill Aviation Ltd, west of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.The airfield has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P813) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Tatenhill Aviation).HistoryTatenhill is a medium sized general aviation airfield built in 1941 during the Second World War. The airfield was a satellite for Lichfield Airfield (now disused and converted into an industrial estate). It was used as a bomber crew training field, which continued in varied training functions until 1944 when it was used by a munitions unit after the disastrous explosion at nearby RAF Fauld. Flying at that time was limited to only a few flights a week as the explosion site still contained large amounts of live munition.After some years of disuse, when the ground around the runways was returned to agriculture, the airfield was obtained by Allied Breweries of Burton-on-Trent for use in connection with their business, being a suitable location for many of their visitors to fly in directly and also as a base for the brewery to operate their own aircraft.Over a period of time, the number and variety of aircraft flying out of the field gradually increased and, although still unlicensed, traffic levels were rising.In 1987, the airfield was taken over by Tatenhill Aviation as a General Aviation field and gradually built up to become a viable operation. The field was licensed in the 1990s and a flying school started. Many private owners base their aircraft at the airfield. There is a busy M3 aircraft engineering business carrying out aircraft servicing and repairs. There is also a JAR145 approved avionics business is located here. Both Jet A1 and 100LL fuel are available.