Pilot reviews of Turweston Airfield

“Used to go on this airfield as a young person on my monkey bike when I lived in Brackley.Moved to Devon In my 20's.Now with my PPL in hand late summer 2003 this was one of the first airfields I had to visit.Firstly I notced it has changed a great deal from when I was 10,secondly I wasn't chased away.(by Albert)Quite the opposite in fact.

I uploaded more than 60 litres of fuel so my landing fee was wavered.and the fuel is quite a bit cheaper than my home airport (Exeter)so all was good there. quite a large number of my family was there to greet me and nobody minded that. Nice little tea shop.Very helpful on the planning for the return journey home.weather and wind etc.so all in all a pleasure to visit.in fact I returned the following week. and will do alot more in the future.

The only thing that court me out was the runway being quite narrow crosswind landings can be tricky also I felt I was higher than I was on approach so a little look now and again at one of those clocks and you will be fine. also hinton-in-the-hedges about 5 miles to the south-west where there is constant parachute activity especially at weekends.

Safe Flying Folks

Shaun, Devon
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“Visited Turweston on 12th June ( I did post a review but it got lost in cyberspace) Great little airfield. Go kart track on approach to runway 09 makes it look shorter than it is. Very near to Silverstone. Visitors should check the website to see the circuit pattern and areas to be avoided. Great toasted sandwiches in nice little cafe. Good friendly and helpful radio. Will visit again ”

“Dropped in (PPR) from Shoreham to a very warm welcome. Approaching from the south can be confusing with all the avoidance areas but followed useful advice from the tower to aim for Silverstone race track and follow R24 to intercept R27 short final. Very affable man in the tower, and after a great bacon butty we were invited to look around the hangers and workshops - some very impressive machines and paint jobs. Topped up with 60 litres and saved the £10 landing fee. A great day.”

“Unusual pattern as problems with "noise abatement" its a shame the CA A dont allow or insist silencers fitted would stop the neighbours conplaining .. anyway nice field friendly people nice food and very pretty waitress!!”

“Unusual pattern as problems with "noise abatement" its a shame the CA A dont allow or insist silencers fitted would stop the neighbours conplaining .. anyway nice field friendly people nice food and very pretty waitress!!”

“Flew into Turweston today and parked up next to a couple of swans who weren't particularly put of by the presence of my aircraft. Found the FISO to be a very helpful chap but unfortunately found the restaraunt/portacabin with a kitchen to be a "Local place for local people", and took a while for the bird running the place to acknowledge me and the Mrs, but once served found the quaility of food to be good.

I wouldnt bother spending the money it costs to rent an aircraft to fly there again, but there again I wouldn't have known that had I not gone, you pays your money, you takes your choice.

Safe flying chaps and chapettes.

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“Flew to Turweston yesterday.

Like others I would say that they are very friendly. Although they have a grass taxiway it was too boggy to use but on landing and departure they told me what to do long before I had to ask. Also helpful about where to park which is always a bonus. Time prevented a refreshment stop but the fry-ups did look tempting.

As my first solo trip to an AD I hadn't been to before (recently qualified) the noise abatement scared me a bit. I would recommend noting the Y junction in the road to the North which allows you to place yourself sort of in the right place. The offset final was a bit scary too - although I tried to see the infamous farmhouse on Google Earth I couldn't work out which one is was but on base leg it becomes quite obvious.

Still 10 quid (for single at least).

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“I based my Yak 18T at Turweston for a while and found everyone to be most helpful, understanding and patient. The atmosphere seems a little hampered by local non-aviation friendly complainers; it could do with a bit of spicing up on the average day.

In my view, it's a pleasant pit stop if the cafe is open and an event is on; only by necessity if not. The spirit of aviation lives strong in some of the people there.

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“02 July 2006 Thought a newer appraisal called for..

Still free landing if 60 litres of fuel purchased, alas cafe closed but you can make tea / coffee with crisps and chocolate available. So very friendly .. but PPR still to be phoned in as its a noise beware area ... recommended? Definitely!

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“called in to collect a PX, very close to silverstone race track, narrow ish run way but more than wide enough. not sure what the landing fee was as px paid and we left easy to find and air ground there. Runway 09/27 lots of stuff on the other runways and on the sends of the actives etc.”

“So I visited Turweston for the first time last weekend, and I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. What I saw was an airfield with very little by way of facilities, and not really even anywhere to sit and watch the traffic in comfort (a la Connington, Andrewsfield, Sandown etc etc).

Sadly the cafe was closed, which I understand is very good; but outside of that there really wasn't anything to do or see there. If you've ever done any flying in the US/Europe you would find Turweston very bleak indeed.

Like another poster the narrowness of the runway also caught me out, as did the upslope on 27, which contributed to a particularly inelegant landing... so be careful!

Having held my license for a few years now, my favourite moan is the parlous state of UK airfields compared to US/Europe, largely the fault of public attitudes to aviation in the UK.

Are we next after the ban on foc hunting?

Phil

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“A genuine friendly welcome on each occasion that we visit with an excellent cafe serving all sorts of hot, cold and home-made food. We return time and time again.”

“Just a quick update on the absolute necessity for telephone PPR at Turweston. This has been forced on them by the local authority restricting the number of movements. I was in the Tower on 21/1 when a guy from White Waltham called for traffic info. He hadn't phoned first and they had maxed out on the number of permitted visitors so he was refused (very reluctantly) landing. It is a great shame as it's a very nice place to visit and they give you a free landing for a 60 litre fuel uplift. The cafe is still inexpensive and good value. They need and value your supprt.”

“Visited Turweston on Friday 18 Nov. very nice airfield with lots of aircraft.

Breakfast at £4.50 was huge and very nice.

Very friendly place.

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“To the north east of Turweston is Silverstone...really easy to find. From it finding the airport is a doddle. Overhead joins are required here with the south side apparently the dead side (check...do not take my word for it). The approch on 27 (I think) has some sort of car rally track which I found made the approch rather difficult as I got the impression the runway was longer than it is.

The FISO was happy enough, took my £8 landing fee for a cessna 172 and allowed a overfly to help my training in overhead joins.

Nice little coffee shop selling a small selection of snacky things all at a good price.

The aerodrome has a web page, just type turweston into google and follow the link.
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