and for aircraft parking. A proposal was put forward in 2015 for a "sustainable village" with shops and leisure facilities to be built on the site but this did not come to fruition. , the recently appointed airport manager, Christian Ackroyd (a former Army colonel and pilot) stated his intent to increase and diversify aviation business. This includes plans for new hangars, a new GNSS (GPS) approach to enable more corporate jet use, and a Part 145 maintenance organisation based at the airport. On 26 October 2020, the airport was announced as the preservation location for G-CIVB, a Boeing 747-400 formerly operated by British Airways in a retrojet livery depicting the Negus & Negus scheme used by BA during the 1970's and 1980's, where it is to serve as an events location, conference site and educational airframe. This plane was purchased for one pound. In popular culture The airport has been used as a film location for a number of television programmes and series, including: Top Gear, Casualty, Ultimate Force, Car of the Year Show, Wheeler Dealers, Classic Car Club, Drop the Celebrity and Fifth Gear. References External links Transport in Gloucestershire Airports in South West England Kemble, Gloucestershire Privately owned airports