Marden Airfield

Marden Airfield

RAF Marden
Pagehurst Emergency Landing Ground
Summary
Airport typePrivate/Military
ServesMarden / Staplehurst
LocationStaplehurst, Kent
Built1917
In use1917–1935
Elevation AMSL90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates51°10′N 000°31′E / 51.167°N 0.517°E / 51.167; 0.517
Map
Marden Airfield is located in Kent
Marden Airfield
Marden Airfield
Location in Kent
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
E-W 2,100 640 Grass

Marden Airfield was an airfield in Marden, Kent, United Kingdom. It was operation from 1917 to 1935. Initially a Royal Flying Corps airfield during the First World War it was used post-war as an Emergency Landing Strip, RAF Marden by the Royal Air Force. It was also known as Pagehurst Emergency Landing Ground. Later serving as a civil Emergency Landing Ground, the airfield closed in 1935. The site housed a Royal Air Force transmitter station during the Second World War.


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