Highest airfield in the UK

[TheGorrilla]

I was flicking through a Rapid flight guide looking to see which UK airfield is the highest AMSL. Anyone know which one it is?

[youarealoooser]

Gorrilla, dunno but the highest pub in the UK is the Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire. Hope that helps.

[India Four Two]

Probably Crosland Moor, 825' AMSL.

[rjakw]

Dunkeswell 850'.

[xrayalpha]

Hi,

Been asked before, and my field - Strathaven - isn't (drat!) the highest and it is 847ft.

Come and fly-in on June 7th and 8th free camping, no landing fees, BBQ and bar.

Ideal for microlights and 912 types,

Very best,,

Colin

[Bravo73]

Dunkeswell is 839ft (according to my half mil.) :8

[Jumbo Driver]

How about ...

Dunkeswell: 839' amsl - highest licensed

Davidstow Moor: 969' amsl - highest unlicensed

Treborough: 1200' amsl - highest grass strip


JD
:)

[India Four Two]

If we are including gliding fields, then I assume it must be Long Mynd ~1400'

[Ken Wells]

Hi Big Monkey, found Black Mountain Airfield at 970' so Long Mynd still wins at 1400'

[Lurking123]

Oxenhope is a meagre 1150ft.

[Them thar hills]

Best I can manage is 1345ft at Greenhow Hill. Rugged and wet.
Carlton Moor 1200 ft, like landing on a moonscape.
Oxenhope 1150 ft, this evening, very pleasant. Even warm !
tth

[Ken Wells]

Best I can manage is 1345ft at Greenhow Hill. Rugged and wet.
Carlton Moor 1200 ft, like landing on a moonscape.
Oxenhope 1150 ft, this evening, very pleasant. Even warm !
tth


Reminds of girl I met on a fly in to Alcaster Malbis!

[Them thar hills]

She probably was a real welder !! :O

[10W]

Loch Avon at 2200' seems quite high :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/atco10w/Flying/DSC02483.jpg

[Leezyjet]

Pah, these are all low level compared to some of the fields in South Africa :-

Ermelo - 5700ft
Sweetwaters - 5800ft

There are probably more airfields over 2,000ft than under it.

And in Lesotho there are a couple of airfields with elevations over 8600ft !!

Some people in the UK have never even flown that high !!.

Then forget to factor in the 30c+ temps on some days, and try taking off with "Mixture Rich" and see what happens. :eek:

Anyway, back to the thread :-

Isn't LBA the highest with comemrcial traffic at 681ft ?.

:)

[StillStanding]

I recently did some flying in the Rockies and landed at Leadville, Colorado at 9,927 feet. It is supposedly the highest paved strip in North America. Climb out 2 up in a C-172 with 180 HP was 100-150 fpm.

[India Four Two]

Loch Avon at 2200' seems quite high :cool:


10W, that seems like a lot of water to take with your dram ;)

Did you take the photo? G-DRAM seems to be in a very pronounced tail-down attitude for a float plane. Is that normal for her or is it the weight of the trout in the luggage compartment?

[Ian_Wannabe]

yeah I thought that Leeds Bradford was the highest in the UK? Hence why it was a silly place to put an airport because its always fogged out!

[wilky]

actually the highest Pub in the UK is now in the Cairngorms, at the top of the alpine train!:}

[cats_five]

When it's easterly winds and the har is rolling into the vale of York and up the Wharfe valley, LBA is looking down on the top of the clouds...

[PH-UKU]

Loch Avon at 2200' seems quite high


Beat me to it 10W :)

2379 feet actually :E

(When you put people up front it tends to sit further forward. ;))

[Jumbo Driver]

Is that when the tide's in ... ?


JD
;)

[fisbangwollop]

Feshiebridge airstrip in the Cairngorms, at 860 metres or about 2795' gets my vote....one of the most exciting sights I have ever flown gliders from!

[Them thar hills]

FB
Feshie is 860 feet amsl, not metres. Still very pleasant.
:bored:

[DX Wombat]

yeah I thought that Leeds Bradford was the highest in the UK? Hence why it was a silly place to put an airport because its always fogged out!Not today :) It is gloriously sunny and warm. But it is just a little bit hazy

[snapper1]

Beaten by just 50'!!! On a clear day we can see The Mynd (1400') from Camphill, Derbyshire (1350').

[fisbangwollop]

THEMTHARHILLS.........of course you are dead right just had a brain fail...as you say still a great sight to visit.

[gsora]

10W


Its an airlake! love the reg though, HIC!

[youarealoooser]

What about an airship with a flat top and a steam catapult system?? :}