Fanling_Airstrip

Fanling Airstrip

Fanling Airstrip

Former airstrip in Hong Kong

Fanling Airstrip (Chinese: 粉嶺機場) was a military airstrip in the race course, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong.

In May 1949, when the 1st Independent Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers arrived from British Malaya, they built a temporary military airstrip on the ninth fairway (located at the Hong Kong Golf Club's fairway to number 9 hole), let the 2-seater spotter aircraft of the Royal Artillery to use for patrolling the British-Sino boundary for a few weeks before moving on (the unit departed Hong Kong in February 1950).[1]

The airfield disappeared when the Golf Course resumed operations in the early 1950s.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Fanling Golf Course [1911- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong". Gwulo. 1911-01-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

Further reading

  • Hong Kong “Wah Kiu Yat Po (華僑日報)”, 10 September 1949 (Saturday)

22.4939°N 114.1158°E / 22.4939; 114.1158
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