It lies 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Cheltenham, near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway.

Its operator claims it to be Gloucestershire's largest general aviation airfield,[3][better source needed] and it is regularly used for private charter flights to destinations such as Jersey and Guernsey.

A pillbox that was part of the British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War can still be found opposite the main airfield entrance.

At the same time the airport provided scheduled services to the Channel Islands, Dublin and Isle of Man.

In 1993, its name was changed to Gloucestershire Airport in an effort to "reflect its increasing prominence as the business aviation centre for the county".

[8][9] In March 2015, Gloucestershire Airport announced that it will look to provide more flights, more hangars and more profits in the coming years as part of a new vision for the transport hub.

On 14 November 2014, BBC Radio Gloucestershire and its listeners set a new world record for the longest line of cakes, to raise money for Children in Need.

At about 16:45 GMT, an adjudicator from Guinness confirmed the breaking of the world record which now stands at 885.6 metres (2,906 ft) of cakes.