Dryaw Airfield (T&F)

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Dryaw Airfield
Background Information
First appearance	James and the Coaches (1984)
Last appearance	Cleo's First Snow (2020)
Creator(s)	The Rev. W. Awdry
Overview
Location	Dryaw, Island of Sodor
Operations
Line(s)	Ffarquhar Branch Line

Dryaw Airfield is an airfield nearby the railway station at Dryaw. Many aeroplanes reside here, in large hangars in the airfield complex, as well as a hot air balloon. The airfield was also formerly home to Harold and Butch, prior to moving to the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre.

Residents

CBECC

G-HEWI

Tiger Moth

The Hot Air Balloon

Harold (formerly)

Butch (formerly)

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 1 - James and the Coaches, Thomas and the Guard and Thomas and Bertie Series 3 - A Scarf for Percy, Percy's Promise, Thomas, Percy and the Post Train and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure Series 5 - Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday and Make Someone Happy Series 6 - Percy and the Haunted Mine, James and the Red Balloon and Thomas the Jet Engine Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches, Harold and the Flying Horse, The Grand Opening and Three Cheers for Thomas Series 8 - Percy's Big Mistake (deleted scene), Don't Tell Thomas, Emily's Adventure and You Can Do it, Toby! Series 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow, Toby Feels Left Out, Thomas Tries His Best, Henry and the Flagpole, Thomas' Day Off and Bold and Brave Series 17 - No Snow for Thomas and Thomas' Shortcut Series 18 - Not So Slow Coaches and Thomas and the Emergency Cable Series 19 - Lost Property, Reds vs. Blues and Thomas the Babysitter Series 20 - Ryan and Daisy, Letters to Santa, The Railcar and the Coaches and Three Steam Engines Gruff Series 21 - Hasty Hannah, Unscheduled Stops and Philip's Number Series 24 - Cleo's First Snow Learning Segments Series 9 - Percy in the Dark

Annual Stories 1995 - All Pull Together Magazine Stories 1988 - Thomas and Harold (mentioned) 1989 - Hurricane! 1990 - The Rescue and Trevor Helps Out 1991 - Harold's Cousin 1992 - A Shock for Percy and Hovering Harold! 1996 - The Special Gift 2003 - Super Heroes! 2004 - Harold to the Rescue 2006 - Sparkling Sky 2007 - Percy's Post! 2011 - Harold and the Kites (mentioned) Books My Thomas Story Library 2005 - Harold 2010 - The Snowy Surprise Engine Adventures 2016 - Harold 2017 - The Snowy Surprise Video Games 1993 - Waku Waku Thomas 1999 - The Great Festival Adventure 2000 - Trouble on the Tracks and KidsStation - Thomas the Tank Engine 2005 - Calling All Engines!

Trivia

• The green Nissen huts and aircraft hangar are recycled from a 1982 KP Nuts advert produced by Clearwater Features.

Merchandise

• Wooden Railway (discontinued)
• Plarail (discontinued)
• Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
• TrackMaster (discontinued)
• Bachmann (corrugated hut; discontinued)

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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* David Mitton map only | ** Sam Wilkinson map only