Highest airport in the UK
 

I have been told that BRS is the 2nd highest airport in the Uk; but what is the highest?

LBA I think is the highest airport in the UK!

And the cloud base at both of them can be rubbish :) More approaches down to DA than anywhere else I've been to (in my hugely extensive experience lol).

Airports.worldwide website shows LBA elevation as 208 metres/681 feet and BRS as 190 metres/622 feet.

In the latter few weeks it is more temp than cloud at LBA.

As my training captain said, "Leeds sets the boys from the men"!!

Guess I'm a man now!

Think you will find it is dunkeswell

Highest airfield is Rossendale at 990ft, which has a 400m grass runway. The highest still open airfield with concrete runways is Davidstow Moor in Cornwall at 969ft. Its 3 concrete runways are 1550m x 46m, 550m x 46m, and 730m x 46m and is an ex-RAF WW2 airfield.

Dont forget Luton it's 526ft. Also whilst low cloudbase can be a problem at LBA/BRS/LTN dont forget that on those low lying fog days they are usually the only airports CAVOK poking out of the top of it all. A rare occurrence but not unheard of!

Dunkeswell is "only" at 839ft - but is it a commercial airport as such?

I can find no data on Davidstow Moor - is it still active, or perhaps also known by another name? :confused:

It's in my 2001 VFR flight guide and here on the web http://www.avnet.co.uk/mfc/cornwall.htm and on multimap athttp://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cg...700&height=410 history at http://www.controltowers.co.uk/D/Davidstow_Moor.htm

Redwings is spot on. Dunkeswell - Egtu - is the highest licensed aerodrome in the UK.

Cheers,
mcdhu

When I learned to fly there many moons ago, Dunkeswell was the highest licensed airfield.

And the lowest?

Can you get lower than LCY (in the UK - I think there are some -'s in California, Israel etc?)

And how about the most-perched-on-a-cliff (think only JER would get a mention in the UK?)

Presumably the "Russian" air stip at the start of Goldeneye was a montage, but can anyone confirm that the testing field in the Aviator was Pearce Ferry, AZ - visible on most sightseeing tours from LAS / VGT to the Grand Canyon.

Going from memory, Marshland St James(?) in the Fens is something like -15ft.

It is unlicenced though...

HIGHEST COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IN THE UK . . . . ?

3rd place must be Plymouth City Airport PLH/EGHD @ 474 ft AGL. (after LBA/BRS)


LOWEST


has to be Barra in Scotland (BRR)- nothing like landing on the beach...... and then I've had reports of seaweed clearing at Sumburgh (LSI) but as it's 19ft agl then it might be to do with the wind!!

and what about the place you can get the highest...???:E

Dash 7, as already posted if you're talking about Airports its LBA at No1 with 681ft, BRS at No 2 with 622ft, and LTN at No 3 with 526ft.

It all depends what pressure setting you put in the window on the altimeter. :}

Thanks hooded!!!

Just like to point out that LBA/LTN/BRS are all successful airports!

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