title: Maypole Airfield
text: # Maypole Airfield
  
  Maypole Airfield (ICAO: EGHB) was a general aviation airfield located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Herne Bay, Kent and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north east of Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It was scheduled to close in January 2021, and is closed as of May 2021.
  
  ## Accidents and incidents
  
  * During October 2012 a small plane overshot the runway and crashed with no injuries.
  * During WW2 - September 1940 a damaged hurricane made an emergency landing on this airstrip - No fatalities were recorded
  * Information via Ian F Blanthorn local East Kent historian.
  