Pilot information

PPR Essential

Please call or text Michael Porter +44 (0) 7767 796355 or Peter Montgomery +44 (0) 7789 556761, or you can fill out the PPR form.

Leave details of your name, registration and arrival date and eta.

Suitable Aircraft and Helicopters welcomed with prior permission and at pilots own risk.

Location

N52 05.22 W002 08.22

Elevation

69 Ft AMSL

Runway

09/27 570x15 Metres Grass. Red markers at 285M, white at 140M. Good clear approaches. Surface is good but can become soft after heavy rain. Please check before setting out. Taxiing to either side of the runway, centre for take off / landing only.

Alternate Airfields

Gloucestershire, Wolverhampton, Wellesbourne.
(All with maintenance and 100LL/JetA1)

Facilities

Ample Parking, No Fuel. Please park well clear of the strip, either East or West of the "C" cabin. Please enter the "C" cabin and sign in.

Maintenance available from Pure Aviation, Peter Montgomery 07789 556761

Radio SAFETYCOM

135.480 MHz

SAFETYCOM is a common frequency introduced for use by aircraft in the vicinity of an airfield or landing site that does not have a notified VHF frequency for radio communication.

SAFETYCOM is to assist pilots to avoid potential conflict and should only be used to broadcast the pilot's intentions. It is a single common frequency for many landing sites. Therefore it is important that transmissions are concise and correct.

Remember to make clear that the reference is to Defford.

Transmissions should be below 2000 ft above landing site and within 10 miles radius. 


Circuits

All Circuits to be flown to the south. Please make Standard Circuit calls and keep a Good Lookout for other traffic.

Landing Fees

£10

Wind sock

Half way down northern side of the strip opposite the reporting 
point

NOTAMs

This is a grass airstrip which has bumps. Only suitable aircraft and pilots with farm strip experience are welcolme. All movements are at pilots own risk. Please PPR!

Runways can have standing water and/or soft areas after heavy or persistant rain. Surface areas that lie outside of the runway, taxiways, and parking area are not load bearing. Please PPR!

KEEP A GOOD LOOK OUT!

The airstrip is part of a working farm, farm machinery, pedestrians and animals are to be expected.