Blackpool Airport Photos

Few into Blackpool on the 2nd September from MOD St Athan. The occasion was an Horizon flying club fly out. I think there was 7 aircraft in total each making their own way up from South Wales.

 

Liverpool radar service was excellent and very professional and passed on to Blackpool for a right base join for runway 28.

The runways are massive and helpfully we were given fantastic taxying information by ATC.

 

The landing fee is circa £23.50 and all I would say is that they need to speed up the processing.

 

The lads in the flying club made us a free cup of tea and helped us with direction to town.

All in all a great day out.

It's been a life long dream to fly from my local airfield (EGNV) to Blackpool, most my family have grown up and still live in Blackpool. The good weather in the UK meant i finally had the opportunity to fly in. The flying in the North West is excellent, and also quite clear of congested airspace to the north of Blackpool. Organisation of PPR was very straight forward and the full flight went without a problem. The aerodrome itself is very well up kept and can be very busy with the local flying schools activities, so beware of the circuit. The parking facilities (Day Parking/Main Apron) is excellent, with plenty of room on the apron for many GA aircraft, the desk and exit is very close to the parking. 2 hours free parking, so had enough time to get to the uncle's house, a quick bacon buttie before heading back. For anyone wanting to visit the promenade there is a tramway stop in walking distance to the airport! Very easy to navigate there and back.

 

The trip was going extremely well until i visited the portakabin 'terminal' to pay. For a Cessna 177B Cardinal (1.13Tonne/2500lbs MTOW) it cost £35 (No handling charges)! Blackpool Airport as a whole is a fantastic airport to fly into, but at the price is very steep for an airport with no commercial traffic. I can see the General Aviation community at Blackpool decrease massively if pilots continue to be charged this much.

 

Take off was R28 with a right turn to the north via Fleetwood VRP, this gave a fantastic view of the 'Tall Tower' and other famous landmarks such as the pleasure beach.

Overhead Beacon at 3000ft

Inbound to Blackpool over Morecambe Bay, 25 July 2014. We didn't want the flight to end!

Cessna 172 at Westair parking Blackpool

Visited Blackpool (EGNH) from Netherthorpe (EGNF) on Sunday 07th July 2013 in G-ROLY a C172 based at Netherthorpe. We went to use a Flyer free landing voucher but had forgot it! More on this later. We routed via POL VOR activating our flightplan with London Information on 124.6 and then spoke with Leeds Bradford ATC and who passed us onto Blackpool. It was the hottest day of the year so far but Blackpool ATC seemed very quiet. There was no traffic around and we were asked where we wanted to route via. We selected Inskip VRP which led us nicely for a direct arrival onto runway 28 at Blackpool. ATC were excellent and after parking asked regarding fuel and we were asked to follow a PA28 to the pumps. It was semi self service and the fuel agent led us to the cabin for payment after we refuelled with 60 litres. We could not have fuelled at Netherthorpe as the dam pumps do not open until 930am which is too late in my opinion, especially in the summer. We explained we had left the free landing voucher at home and fortunately we were allowed to post it on to them which we did, we therefore avoided the £25 landing fee! We did not hang around that long and our return journey took us over Thornton-Cleveleys for some low level orbits for photographs of a family members house before heading back to POL VOR. We would like to return but without a free landing voucher the charges seem a little on the steep side. Great airport though.

City of Lincoln visiting Blackpool with the Red Arrows & BBMF

Air Atlantique's DH Dragon Rapide G-AIDL was at Westair on the 31st October for pleasure flights.

A few shots of, and out of G-AIDL on Saturday 31st October at Blackpool

Flew to Blackpool yesterday (13th July) and i was very pleased with the service provided. Make sure you call up before departure as per NOTAM, PPR is required as i believe the grass parking area is limited. Only problem I had was trying to find the 'magic' button to get out of the secure zone. Apart from that, no problems however I lost track of time and went over the 2 hours free parking limit. Landing fees for PA28 + 3 hrs parking came to £35.

Dakota Farewell tour.4.

Blackpool.

19 June 2008

Wreck of a contatiner ship washed up at Blackpool during the last storms

Taken on the return back to Blackpool in Feb 08

 

Operated by the BAe Flying Club, Blackpool

Ryanair had to wait 40 minutes for Reds display because he had not read the NOTAMS, or thought they did not apply to him, Hah!

Transiting overhead Blackpool Airfield

There is a good supply of wide, long runways at EGNH!

There are two fire trucks following an a/c on the taxi way that had just come in with engine trouble.

Who says summer hasn't arrived....

Antonov AN2 apparently of Polish Manufacture.

Shot a couple of years ago, just prior to this particular hunter departing on what was to be it's last ever flight. Apparently, whilst routing through Wales, engine problems forced the pilot to eject with the loss of the aircraft. The pilot sustained serious injuries on landing.

BAe flying clubs two PA28-161's....with the rear one, G-BNOJ, suffering from a broken seal on the nose oleo. Caused, presumably, by a previous heavy landing and hence a nose down ground attitude. Fixed within the hour thanks to the Westair engineers.

Jet Provost XW325 in the westair hangar

BBMF Hurricane hangared at Westair August 02.

Photo taken during descent over Morecambe Bay, looking west towards the Isle of Man.

See the thread in idle chit-chat entitled "Death of a Vulcan"

XL391 prior to being scrapped...

One for Jean, 4000ft over Blackpool with Ryanair just landed

Southbound Over Blackpool

EGNH

Taken at 2500ft over Blackpool

Approaching Blackpool from the East over Blackburn Rovers FC

Over the pleasure beach

Overhead the big tower

Visited Blackpool yesterday, ATC were fantastic, went North after departure over the tower and pleasure beach, they couldnt have been more helpful! only minus point, £15 for a landing fee, my aircraft weighs 575kg! surely they would attract more visitors if the fee was lowered.

Looking up South Shore after take off from Blackpool

Holding at D1 behind aerobat

The famous Tower at Blackpool taken 2004

...in the 146-200 jump seat!!!!

Blackpool's main Apron (lancaster, 2 hawks, HS125!)

Main GA Apron (emerald, westair, pool)

Finals for 28 @ 500ft. TAken on 09/05/2004

Finals for 28 @ 500ft. TAken on 09/05/2004

Blackool Airport, just after lifting off from Runway 25, bound for the Isle of Man.

Westair + Emerald Airways Engineering