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Last Updated: Saturday, 5 May 2007, 13:18 GMT 14:18 UK
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WWII Spitfire base is up for sale
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The airfield has three hard surface landing strips
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Cornwall's only civil owned airfield which is available for general aviation has been put up for sale.
Perranporth airfield on the cliffs in North Cornwall has a guide price of £950,000. Its current owners are retiring.
The 330 acre (134 hectares) was originally built as a Spitfire base in World War II.
The airfield was built in 1941 for the RAF. It has three hard surface runways and two grass strips.
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