Compton Abbas
Compton Abbas Airfield is a grass airstrip 2.7 NM south of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Compton Abbas Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airfield in England
- Also known as: “Compton Abbas Airfield” and “EGHA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Church of St Nicholas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbury Abbas and Compton Abbas.
Melbury Abbas
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury.
Compton Abbas
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase.
Fontmell Magna
Village
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fontmell Magna is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum.
Compton Abbas
- Categories: airport, nonprofit organization, grassland, and transportation
- Location: Compton Abbas, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.96702° or 50° 58′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.15418° or 2° 9′ 15″ westElevation
787 feet (240 metres)ICAO airport code
EGHAOpen location code
9C2VXR8W+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 119613052OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grass
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In Other Languages
From German to Tajik—“Compton Abbas” goes by many names.
- German: “Flugplatz Compton Abbas”
- Indonesian: “EGHA”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Compton-Abbas”
- Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی کامپتون اباس”
- Piemontese: “Compton Abbas Airfield”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро комптун обос”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Compton Abbas”. Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.