Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the number of safeguarded aerodromes.

In 2016 the Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport reviewed the number of safeguarded aerodromes, also consulting the then Department for Communities and Local Government. The Government has no current plans to review the number of safeguarded aerodromes. Aerodromes may request official safeguarding status from the Department for Transport at any time and the Department will consider each application received.

In February 2018 we appointed Byron Davies as the General Aviation (GA) champion. Byron is leading important research, working with the GA community, to identify a network of strategically important airfields to help the GA sector.