About City Airport & Heliport
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City Airport (ICAO: EGCB) is an airport in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, England, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Manchester. Formerly known as Barton Aerodrome and City Airport Manchester, It is known by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as Manchester/Barton.
The United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport, it has four grass runways. The airfield operates seven days a week, from 9 am BST (8.15 a.m. BST summer) until 8 p.m. or sunset (whichever earlier) for fixed-wing aircraft. Commercial, private, military, police and air ambulance helicopters can operate in the hours of darkness by arrangement.