WELLESBOURNE INFORMATION  
(Updated 30-01-23)

Airfield status
Airfield open as per published hours (Daily 09:30-SS plus 30 mins)
Last refuel 15 minutes before closing time
See NOTAMS for weather closures and occasional night flying extensions
The Touchdown Cafe is open daily 09:00-17:00 (Hot food until 15:00) 
Visiting aircraft strictly by arrangement - PPR form: here

Landing Fee payment methods

- Pay online here: (Preferred method)
- Pay by Bank Transfer with you registration as the reference:
 Account Name: Radarmoor Ltd
 Sort Code: 20-48-08
 Account No: 70268364
- Pay at the fuel pumps with a fuel uplift
- Fill in a Payment Slip with your card details or put correct money and slip in an envelope and place in the tower letterbox (Download here)
- If you have issues with any of the above, then please telephone the tower with card details: 01789 842000

There is no access to the Control Tower. Booking in will be done by tower staff. Booking out can be done on the radio on start up. QXC forms can be signed by tower staff, please knock on the door and wait for staff to meet you

When the Tower is closed, blind calls with intentions must be made on our frequency 124.030 and please make use of the Birmingham listening squawk 0010 and listen out on 123.980 when flying locally outside of the circuit area and outside of Controlled Airspace. Please avoid flying over local villages.

 

• New flexible use airspace to the west of Wellesbourne has been added. Birmingham CTA 10 (Class D) FL65 - FL105 & COTSWOLD CTA 18 (Class C) FL75 - FL195. Operational hours, weekdays 17:00 - 09:00 and all weekend plus Bank Holidays only. Please refer to UK AIP PART 2- EN-ROUTE CHARTS ENR 6-7 here (Nov 2019)

• Updated information for Drone operators: Download here

• Wellesbourne Airfield 8.33kHz conversion

  Wellesbourne AFIS frequency has changed to a new 8.33kHz channel w.e.f. 29th October 2018

  Wellesbourne Information has changed from 124.025 MHz to 124.030 MHz

  Wellesbourne will no longer be able to accept non-8.33kHz compliant aircraft

  Download a poster here

  
  
  
  
   

• Wellesbourne is now strictly PPR for visiting aircraft. Please obtain permission online here  (Mar 2020)
   

• Download the latest ‘Listening Squawks' graphic by clicking on the image below. The Squawk code 0010 is allocated for aircraft operating outside Birmingham Controlled Airspace and monitoring Birmingham Radar 123.980. The assignment of this code does not imply the provision of a radar service. Please use this system if your routing takes you close to the Birmingham CTA/CTR. *Updated: April 2019  Graphic courtesy  The Airspace & Safety Initiative (Apr 2019)
  
  
   

• A card has been produced by Birmingham to highlight the proximity of controlled airspace around Wellesbourne and Snitterfield Gliding (Cable launching up to 2400ft AMSL all year round), this is part of a campaign to reduce the number of infringements in the area

• Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield has been voted the number one light aviation airfield in the UK for 2015 by AOPA (The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association UK)
  Christine Bell was present at Air Expo event at Sywell Aerodrome recently to receive the award on behalf of Airfield Manager Michael Littler, who was disappointed he was unable to attend in person.
  Christine nominated Wellesbourne for the award and in announcing the winner the judges said "Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield has been successfully nominated for one of the AOPA Awards for Achievement and Endeavour, namely, the Best Aerodrome Award. This is awarded to an aerodrome that offers outstanding facilities and helpful service to residents and visitors alike.
  Pictured below is Airfield Manager Michael Littler receiving the award from Christine Bell

• A new online GAR system for pilots travelling to foreign countries, the IOM, the RoI or the Channel Islands from/to airfields such as Wellesbourne . The tower will be informed automatically by E-mail after an online GAR has been filed see here (Jan 2020)
   
• The Royal Pigeon Racing Association’s (RPRA) Race Programme runs annually from April to September and their website will be updated regularly to show upcoming release dates. Please use this site to monitor racing pigeon releases and any potential bird hazard: http://www.rpra.org/racing-handbook/race-programmes/ (24 April 2013)
   

• Rwy 18/36 circuit diagram is available here. A  Helicopter circuit diagram is available here
   

• A guide to transiting through and around Brize Norton is available here

• Increasingly, the responsibility for originating a Flight Plan and it's associated messages is being delegated by ATC to aircraft operators. Flight Plans should be sent using the new online AFPEx system, either with a personal account, a Flying Club account or in the Control Tower (By prior arrangement)
  
  http://www.myafpex.co.uk/ (NATS AFPEx training website)
  
  http://www.flightplanningonline.co.uk/ (Account set up and login)
  
   

• As well as the live feed on the webpage, weather reports from Wellesbourne Airfield are available on http://www.xcweather.co.uk/. EGBW METARs are available at http://www.wellesbourneairfield.com/metar.txt