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X-Plane Scenery--EGBO Halfpenny Green. Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport (ICAO: EGBO), formerly Halfpenny Green Airport and Wolverhampton Business Airport, locally Bobbington Airport, is a small, 400-acre (1.6 km2) airport situated near the village of Bobbington, South Staffordshire, UK. The airport is situated 8 mi (13 km) southwest of Wolverhampton, the city which it serves. The airfield was constructed between mid-1940 and early 1941 for use by the Royal Air Force, being initially named RAF Bobbington. The name was changed on 1 September 1943 to RAF Halfpenny Green, to avoid confusion with RAF Bovingdon in Hertfordshire. The first RAF unit to be based was No. 3 Air Observer and Navigator School which flew Blackburn Bothas and later Avro Ansons. Wolverhampton Airport is located 5 mi (8.0 km) from the edge of the West Midlands conurbation and operates a number of general aviation services including facilities for private aircraft, business jets, helicopters, flying schools and training and maintenance facilities. By Wycliffe Barrett.