Editing Biggin Hill (section)

==Airport==
{{Main|London Biggin Hill Airport}}
Biggin Hill has an airport—more than an airfield as it has a terminal building and customs facilities—London Biggin Hill Airport, which uses much of the land formerly used by [[RAF Biggin Hill]], an aerodrome best known for its role during the [[Battle of Britain]]. The airfield was the location of the "Operations Room" for the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[V-1 flying bomb]] defence during [[World War II]].

[[File:Biggin Hill Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|The Biggin Hill Cemetery]]

The old "west camp" of the airport is now owned by [[Bernie Ecclestone]]. Most of the buildings in the West Camp are [[Grade II]] listed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101391604-building-15-hawkinge-block-west-camp-darwin-ward|title=Building 15, Hawkinge Block, West Camp, Westerham, London|first=Good|last=Stuff|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101391589-buildings-1-to-5-airmens-barrack-blocks-darwin-ward|title=Buildings 1 to 5 (Airmens Barrack Blocks), Westerham, London|first=Good|last=Stuff|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>  A small section remains in the care of the RAF, and the Grade II listed chapel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101391588-memorial-chapel-biggin-hill-ward|title=Memorial Chapel, Westerham, London|first=Good|last=Stuff|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> (guarded by replicas of the station [[gate guardians]], a [[Hawker Hurricane]] and a [[Supermarine Spitfire]]) is open to the public.

Many [[ghosts]] are commonly attributed to the World War II airbase.<ref>Bob Ogley, ''The Ghosts of Biggin Hill'', 2001, {{ISBN|978-1-872337-41-8}}</ref>

The old "south camp" is now occupied by the Biggin Hill Business Park, Airport Industrial Estate and various private flying clubs. There are further commercial premises, hangars, private flying clubs and a helicopter joy-ride and pilot training centre to the east of the main runway.

The airport is host to a wide range of private and business jet and turbo-prop aircraft up to the size of a [[Boeing 737]]. In the 21st century it was enlarged and improved, and {{As of|2020|lc=y}} further expansion was planned.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Biggin Hill Airport Presses Ahead with Expansion Plans |first=Charles|last=Alcock |website=Aviation International News |date=23 December 2020 |url= https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-12-23/biggin-hill-airport-presses-ahead-expansion-plans}}</ref>

A model aircraft site operates within its Air Traffic Zone, operating large model aircraft. In 2009 there were sightings of model aircraft traffic and one air proximity report was filed, according to the Airport Consultative Committee in May 2010.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.bigginhillairport.com/UserFiles/100520.ccminutes.pdf |title=Minutes of Meeting|date=20 May 2010
|publisher=BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708000343/http://www.bigginhillairport.com/UserFiles/100520.ccminutes.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Biggin Hill is the location of a [[VHF omnidirectional range|VOR]]-[[Distance measuring equipment|DME]] navigational beacon, codenamed "BIG", which anchors the South East [[Holding (aviation)|Arrival Stack]] for [[London Heathrow Airport]].

The airport was the venue of the [[Biggin Hill International Air Fair]], an annual airshow that usually took place towards the end of June. The event was first held in 1963 and the airshow was permanently cancelled in 2010, shortly after the 48th event.

The airport featured in the 2006 film "[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]" starring [[Tom Hanks]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Da Vinci Code filming locations - Biggin Hill Airport - Find That Location |url=https://findthatlocation.com/film-title/the-da-vinci-code/location/812 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=findthatlocation.com |language=en}}</ref>