Highest airport in the UK

[Captain Mayday]

.... highest landing in Scotland ...?

I know that a floatplane has been landed on Loch Patak (northwest of Loch Ericht - near Dalwhinnie on the A9)

1800ft - is that the highest ever fixed wing landing in the UK ?

[Richard Taylor]

Excluding beaches, seaplanes etc, Dundee is something like 13ft AGL?

[jamesbrownontheroad]

Originally Posted by Richard Taylor

Excluding beaches, seaplanes etc, Dundee is something like 13ft AGL?

Was about to suggest Barra, since with the tides it's height above or below actual sea level changes fairly frequently

*j*

[Kak Klaxon]

I think Lydd ferryfield ashford international london marsh airport is below sea level,if its still there.

[excrab]

Highest (successful) fixed wing landing in the UK must surely be the top of Helvellyn in the Lake District. There is a plaque commemorating the event just below the summit, which happened in the 20s or 30s.

[wawkrk]

All seems rather tame if you consider landing in Johannesburg at around 6000ft (1830m) above sea level.Probably 2 x times Ben Nevis.

[MerchantVenturer]

Originally Posted by wawkrk

All seems rather tame if you consider landing in Johannesburg at around 6000ft (1830m) above sea level.Probably 2 x times Ben Nevis.

Factually you are of course correct, but in practice the position of an airport relative to its surroundings can give an illusion of seeming high whilst other, much higher airports, appear 'normally' situated.

For example, I have flown out of Denver Airport (over 5,000 feet elevation) but, because of the surrounding topography, can't recall thinking, "Hey, this is perched on top of a mountain".

Whereas when I travel from my local airport at BRS (the second highest commmercial airport in the UK at over 600 feet) the clear impression is gained that the airport is quite high up because the coast is only a few miles away and in view (except when the notorious BRS mists descend).

[niknak]

As Dash 7 says, at 19ftAMSL Sumburgh may not be the lowest, but I'd like to bet it's the only airport where an Airport Fireman has had his arm broken by a Cormerant, he was clearing seaweed from the runway after a high tide and a gale, but failed to notice the entangled fish within said seaweed, which said bird was eyeing up fo an easy breakfast.

When faced with the competition, the cormerant did precisely what a bird has to do to get that meal.

[TopBunk]

Originally Posted by MerchantVenturer

Factually you are of course correct, but in practice the position of an airport relative to its surroundings can give an illusion of seeming high whilst other, much higher airports, appear 'normally' situated.
For example, I have flown out of Denver Airport (over 5,000 feet elevation) but, because of the surrounding topography, can't recall thinking, "Hey, this is perched on top of a mountain".

Wouldn't disagree there either....BA used to fly CCS/BOG (Caracas/Bogata). Whereas CCS was just above sealevel (a few hundred feet), it looked much more dramatic than BOG at 8500ft amsl.

Within a few (3 or 4nm?) south of CCS the terrain rose to about 6000ft, whereas at BOG the airfield was on a high plain of 8000 ft with some terrain to 11000ft within 15 miles, and therefore much less dramatic.

Perofmance on take off was, however, a different matter

Edited to add - AMS at -11ft is possibly the largest airport below sea level