Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
Do you have a reference for that?
My experience is that the majority of UK civil airfields use QFE for circuit and VFR arrival traffic, and QNH for departing and IFR traffic. That's what was happening here.
There are airfields using QNH for VFR circuit and arriving traffic, but in my experience, they're still in the minority.
G
It was published in a CAA circular about 8 or 9 years ago.
I must admit my experience of airfields is more limited than yours, however all the civil airfields I've flown from recently use QNH, with QFE available on request.