General Aviation Airfields Start ADS-B Trials
City Airport (Manchester Barton) has officially started their Airspace4All GA Airfield ADS-B traffic display trial. The aim of the trial is to gather evidence to enable the CAA to assess this capability and give consideration to policy change authorising use of ADS-B real-time traffic displays by GA Air Traffic Service (ATS) units. Additionally, Airspace4All hope that this trial will encourage further development of technology to...
City Airport Manchester pioneers FID system
Manchester Barton Aerodrome in Greater Manchester has become the first airfield in the UK to gain approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for a new low cost safety system which provides real-time information to air traffic staff, working in the UK’s oldest operational control tower. The system, known as a Flight Information Display (FID), looks similar in appearance to a radar screen used at large airports, but uses a low...
Wellesbourne one step closer to a secure future
Stratford Council have confirmed it is progressing with a planning application for a redeveloped runway and associated facilities at Wellesbourne (Mountford) Airfield (EGBW), confirming that surrounding areas will be earmarked for industrial development rather than housing. This update comes In the form of a report titled ‘Wellesbourne Airfield update’, dated 6 February 2023, intended to “provide the Cabinet with an update on the...
Stapleford airfield planning GNSS approach
Stapleford airfield in Essex, home to the Stapleford Flight Centre and one of the busiest General Aviation airfields in the London area, has launched a consultation on a new GNSS ‘RNAV’ instrument approach to its 21L runway. The airfield, which sees extensive private and commercial flight training activity says that approximately 700 flights a year are expected to use the satellite-guided approach (out of approximately 40,000 annual...
Old Sarum Airfield Closes – for now…
Following a long-running dispute over planning permission for a housing development, historic Old Sarum airfield near Salisbury closed in late October with the resident aircraft, including those of the ‘GoFly’ flying school, forced to re-locate to other airfields. Old Sarum is widely considered to be one of the most historic aerodromes in the UK (military flying training commenced here in 1917) and also one of the least-developed –...
