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=== Strathaven Airfield ===

Strathaven Airfield is home to a [[microlight]] flying school, which operates both the traditional-style weightshift microlights and the light aircraft-style ones, and the new airfield manager's house was featured on Channel 4's ''[[Grand Designs]]'' in October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/episode-guide|title=Grand Designs: Grand Designs - Episode Guide|website=Channel 4|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=28 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428123000/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/episode-guide/|url-status=live}}</ref> There are approximately 35 aircraft – both light aircraft and microlights – hangared at Strathaven in two modern purpose-built hangars. The airfield is also home to an annual local music festival, HangarFest. The airfield was set up on the old Couplaw Farm, which The Scottish Flying Club Ltd bought in May 1964. The club had begun flying in 1927 at the old Renfrew Airport<ref>Renfrew Airport</ref> but was left homeless after Renfrew was nationalised in 1946. Strathaven Airfield was given to the [[RAF Benevolent Fund]] in 1974 and then sold privately in 2005. It has three grass runways, the main runway is oriented 09/27 (east-west) and is 530 m long (with a 100 m starter extension on 27 available on request). The airfield co-ordinates in the UK Air Pilot ENR 5.5-17 are: 554049N 0040654W.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-82F56B368122B97304674DE503ECA454/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/AIP/ENR/EG_ENR_5_5_en_2014-05-29.pdf |title=EUROCONTROL - the European AIS Database: Introduction to EAD Basic - Home |access-date=29 May 2014 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011184458/https://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/ |url-status=live }}</ref>