The airport was built about 1932 as a grass airfield, and throughout the 1930s was used by small light aircraft.

These included some short "hops" of about 6 ft in height from the grass airfield.

Dreux airport was built in the 1920s as a grass airfield.

It could do all this out of a small grass airfield.

January 1930: The grass airfield and large hangar were completed.

There is a small grass airfield in the west of the parish.

Catfoss was originally used as a grass airfield in the 1930s.

It also has a grass airfield about two miles to the north west, on Lethame Road.

The base was originally a grass airfield within No. 4 Group.

In June 1919 the grass airfield was returned to its former use as farmland.