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A military station, not an airport
Royal Air Force units are based at Northolt, and its main job is military. Civil flights get only a limited allocation, and each needs prior permission. The aircraft operator secures that in advance, never on the day itself.
The Ministry of Defence controls who enters the station. In most cases it wants details of the vehicle and everyone in it before arrival, and without clearance the guard room can turn a car away. Only the station makes that call. Nobody else does.
In practice, then, the chauffeur often stays outside the boundary of the station while the passengers are brought out to the car. Has your movement been authorised to work another way? Let us know, and we'll follow that arrangement to the letter.








