Southampton Water flying boat base
Southampton, GB.
- Code
- SOU
- Position
- 50.865, -1.399
- Runway
- 1,800 m water
- Capacity
- About 150 movements a week, 4 stands, terminal generation 1
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 1.8% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates from public geographic knowledge (rounded). BOAC Solents left Southampton Water or Berth 50 at the docks (Wikipedia, Short Solent, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Solent). The alighting length is an estimate.