Highest airfield in the UK
 

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

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

Probably Crosland Moor, 825' AMSL.

Dunkeswell 850'.

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

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

How about ...

Dunkeswell: 839' amsl - highest licensed

Davidstow Moor: 969' amsl - highest unlicensed

Treborough: 1200' amsl - highest grass strip


JD
:)

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

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

Oxenhope is a meagre 1150ft.

highest strip
 

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!

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She probably was a real welder !! :O

Loch Avon at 2200' seems quite high :cool:

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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 ?.

:)

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.

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?

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!

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

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...