Highest airport in the UK

[terrier21]

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

[LBA]

LBA I think is the highest airport in the UK!

[Megaton]

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).

[MerchantVenturer]

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

[BombardierCR7]

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).

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!

[RED WINGS]

Think you will find it is dunkeswell

[LTNman]

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.

[HOODED]

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!

[Caslance]

Think you will find it is dunkeswellDunkeswell 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:

[LTNman]

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

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.cgi?client=europe&x=214976&y=84847&scale=25000&width=700&height=410 history at http://www.controltowers.co.uk/D/Davidstow_Moor.htm

[mcdhu]

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

Cheers,
mcdhu

[GWYN]

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

[jabird]

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.

[paddyboy]

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

It is unlicenced though...

[Dash-7 lover]

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!!

[niknak]

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

[HOODED]

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.

[Maude Charlee]

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

[terrier21]

Thanks hooded!!!

[Leodis]

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

Next question??:}

[Captain Mayday]

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

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]

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]

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]

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:uhoh:

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