Airport type Private Operator Robin Greatrex Elevation AMSL 210 ft / 64 m Phone +44 118 971 3822 | Owner Brimpton Airfield LTD Location Wasing Elevation 64 m | |
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Website www.brimpton-airfield.co.uk Address Wasing Ln, Aldermaston RG7 4LY, UK Similar Popham Airfield, Blackbus Airport, RAF Odiham, White Waltham Airfield, Highdown School and Sixth For Profiles | ||
Brimpton (Wasing Lower Farm) Airfield is an unlicensed single-runway civilian airfield in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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Yakovlev yak 52 flying demonstration at brimpton airfield
History
Located close to RAF Greenham Common, the airfield was founded in the 1950s by Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet, a director at Miles Aircraft in nearby Woodley. In the 1970s, the airfield was used by crop spraying contractors for the local agriculture industry until 1979 when it was designated for public civilian use. Since 1983 there have been Percival Provost aircraft based at the strip.
Flying club
The airfield is the home of Brimpton Airfield LTD which has over 60 members. The strip also has over 20 resident aircraft including one Percival Piston Provost. The strip has recently undergone expansion involving the addition of a taxiway and new aircraft hangars on the southern side of the runway.
The Airfield holds three fly-ins each year raising money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
As from Feb 2017 we have outside tiedowns also open hanger space available.
Location
Brimpton Airfield is located equidistant between the Berkshire towns of Reading and Newbury, close to the A4 road. Due to the airfield's close proximity to the Atomic Weapons Establishment in nearby Aldermaston, an R101(2.4) restriction is in place for the surrounding airspace, requiring all circuits to be completed to the north of the runway. Despite the fact that the entire runway is within the R101 catchment, the airfield has special exemption from the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom (CAA).