On Jan 3, 2:13Â*am, Tuno wrote:
Interesting airport numbers from the FAA's NASR datamabase:

Â* FacilityType Â*Count
Â* AIRPORT Â* Â* Â* 12641
Â* GLIDERPORT Â* Â*34

Interesting statistics. I guess that you have lots of glider
operations at what the FAA classify as "airports".

UK figures, from the last BGA table of annual club statistics
(published each year in our magazine Sailplane and Gliding) a

92 BGA Clubs. In terms of sites, these consist of:

26 at airfields with other flying activities
66 operate from their own site (they own or rent the site and are the
prime operator at the site)

Ian Strachan
Lasham Gliding Centre
(yes, we bought the site!)