| Built to Class A standard, the runways were the main O1-19 at 2,000 yards, 07-25, at 1,400 yards and 13-31 also at 1,400 yards. There were 36 pan dispersals and two T2 hangars. Domestic sites, were dispersed in farmland to the north-west around Langar village with the bomb stores located on the east side of the airfield. A large hangar workshop complex was built on the west side of the Langar-Harby road and an Avro unit for major repair and modification of Lancasters came into operation when the airfield opened in September 1942 until the airfield closed in December 1946.
After five years of neglect, Langar was selected as the Canadian contribution to NATO and extensive construction work took place to provided better accommodation and other facilities. The RCAF made Langar their primary supply base in Europe, remaining at Langar for some 11 years and a variety of air transports visited during that period. When the Canadians departed in 1963, Avro was again using the airfield for flying before the company left in 1968. Today, the airfield remains in reasonable order and is used by the British Parachute School. Light aircraft and a gliding club also use Langar on a regular basis. |
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