Cardiff, Swansea and Exeter. The Daily Echo reports that there may also be a small passenger terminal to accommodate the up to 20 seater planes. By 2021 this had not happened. In May 2018, Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre announced that it would not be remaining at the site after its eviction notice on 31 May 2018. The charity stated this was because the airfield owners, Fareham Borough Council, had been unable to offer them a viable replacement to their current hangar, Belman 4, from which they had been served eviction notice for. On 31 May 2018, exactly 69 years to the day of the centre's formation, the last 'pure' glider flight from Lee-on-the-Solent flew. The centre has resumed flying at Middle Wallop . In 2021 the newly built IFA2 converter station came on stream. Built on land in the north-east part of the airfield and south of the extended runway centreline it links to the UK electricity grid at Chilling, near Warsash to the French electricity grid via a similar converter station at Tourbe in France. The converter station converts between alternating current used in the UK grid and direct current used for the cross-channel link. It is connected to the UK and French grids by cables running across the airfield and entering The Solent to the west. Land to the south of the eastern end of northern boundary of the airfield has been converted to public open space and was due to open for public use in 2021 after delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. As well as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's search and rescue helicopters the airfield also houses a Coastguard Training Centre and a Driving Test Centre. Fixed-base operators (FBO) at the airfield include: Bournemouth Avionics LTD BN Aviation Hampshire Aeroplane Club HM Coastguard Search and Rescue (flying the Leonardo AW189) Phoenix Aviation Solent Microlight Flying Group Spitfires.com - The Spitfire Academy Operates Spitfire Tr.9 SM520 (G-ILDA) on pleasure flights during the Spring and Autumn. See also Britten-Norman Calshot Naval Air Station Hovercraft Museum - situated on the site List of former Royal Air Force stations List of air stations of the Royal Navy RNAS Kingsnorth References Citations Bibliography External links Solent Airport Solent Enterprise Zone at Daedalus Lee-on-Solent Lee-on-Solent Lee-on-Solent