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Old 26th May 2009, 10:27
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How about Sutton Meadows at 3 ft, microlight pace but with 3 grass runways of 400 metre plus each. good enough for C172 etc.
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Old 26th May 2009, 11:03
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
Not really, at 29ft/mb, QNH=QFE to the nearest mb.
I agree Ghengis - but it becomes just slightly more critical (but still not significant) if you use the correct figure of 27.3'/mb (for ISA/MSL).

I expect it was a typo ... or perhaps it was just an "engineering approximation" ...

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Old 26th May 2009, 11:18
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Conington is on the top of a hill at the edge of the Fens at 26'
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Old 26th May 2009, 11:43
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No actual info to hand but Lydd must be up there (or "down there" as the case may be).
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Old 26th May 2009, 12:11
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Lydd is a 13 feet according to an out-of-date 1-in-half-million I have to hand...

Fenland, as someone mentioned earlier must be pretty close to the mark (6 feet according to this), but with sea levels apparently rising that could go down!!
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Old 27th May 2009, 22:02
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It wasn't a hyphen ...

in Blink182's post. Marshland elevation is minus six feet.
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Old 29th May 2009, 11:55
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Barra?

Noted Saab D - thanks. Eleavtion ASML but with greater tidal range than one or two of the 'land based' airfields

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Old 29th May 2009, 11:58
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Munnyspinner - please see posts 3 and 9 above.

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