Pilot reviews of Oban Airfield

“Visited Oban 7 to 11 July and everything that has ever been said about this beautiful location still holds true. Now run by Argyll and Bute council (and subject of various debates here and elsewhere!) the airfield is in superb condition and the terminal now has drinks and chocolate vending machines available. Paul Keegan still provides fuel, flying advice and the best tea/coffee and jammy dodgers in town. Truly, Paul is what GA all about - friendly, helpful and full of local flying, travelling, and accommodation information. He pointed us to a local B&B on the opposite side of the bridge from the airfield. It was super, with the best Scottish breakfast ever and friendly owners. The Blue Oyster pub next door was great too. We wathed RAF hercules do missed approaches at midnight - hope they had NVGs! If you never go to another airfield in Scotland, go here and say hello to Paul Keegan. This is the very best in GA and we need to support it. Nearly forgot - we had a train day on Wednesday and travelled from Oban to Mallaig via Crianlarich and Fort William, coming back from Mallaig to FW by steam train! This must be the most spectacular rail journey in Britain and the cost was just over £30 return for a full day out. (Plus an extra £24.00 for the steam train) Catering on the ordinary and steam train was available all day and I highly recommend it: this is a train journey for pilots - the train went fromm sea level to the highest rail summit on Britains railways (well over 1,000 feet) amidst stunning scenery - do it!”

“Visited on 16th April 2008, stiff easterly wind makes 20 a bumpy approach with some wind shear, it was too windy across the runway the next day to call in for fuel. The viz was unlimited and I agree must be the best view from an airfield in the country. No cafe on the site, staff were most helpful trying to get in touch with Barra for us to land on the beach strip. We did not manage to raise them though. Think they need to get a tea machine in at least for thirsty pilots!”

“I happened to be one of the Pilots involved in the fly-out arranged by Steve. I can only concur with his review. The approach to 20 is interesting if you haven't done it before.... That lump of rock can be quite daunting.

Paul and team make this worthwhile, never had less than a smile even when they are working flat out.

The Lochnell Arms I suggest the mussels and the langoustines.... Awesome..

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“Took nine aircraft from Blackpool via Castle Kennedy to Oban on 14th May. This is the sixth year we have done this fly-out (Westair & BAE Flying Clubs) and it just gets better. Can there be a more spectacularly located airfield in Britain? Paul Keegan, friendly as ever, had a hectic day with so many movements that parking space was at a premium.

The Lochnell Arms, just re-furbished reserved us three tables outside on a warm and sunny day and the food was superb. We'll be back again next year if not before.

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“We managed to get to Oban Tuesday 10th May in weather that you can only dream about. We didn't get there till 16.40 but the warm welcome was as good as ever. Pot of tea and the famous jammy dodgers. We cheated a bit, our rear seat passenger had brought a fantastic picnic as I had said to get a bite to eat before leaving the strip. Sat outside in the sun admiring the lovely view stuffing our faces. This has got to be one of the nicest, friendliest places you could ever wish to vist, one I want to go back to, stay overnight and visit some of the other airfields in the area.”

“It's just displaced Compton Abbas from the top of my "best views from an airfield" list. Very friendly and welcoming, but I've never seen a place where you need to use your RAF curved base and final more than 19. No better place to sit and have a jammy dodger on a sunny day, like it was last Friday. A freezer of snack food and a microwave would add to the experience though - man cannot live by Jammy Dodgers alone!.”

“A guaranteed warm welcome by Paul, and service second to none in stunning scottish scenery. Definitely an airfield to be conscious of the weather with, check by phone prior to departure. Surrounded by high ground making conventional circuits tricky especially from the North on to runways 20 and 22. On these runways unless you have an aircraft capable of making VERY steep approaches, descend on right base, and aim to be at the caravan site which is on short finals at 2 or 3 hundred feet, then turn finals.For those with fold up bikes or inclined to walking. the village of Benederloch is just up the road, with a nice little cafe and a walk to the beach. ”

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