Turweston EGBT airfield guide
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:37 pm
Address: Turweston Aerodrome. Biddlesden Road, Westbury, Brackley NN13 5YD
Turweston airfield is located approximately 2 miles east of Brackley between the A43 and A422. It is approximately 8 miles from junction 10 on the M40 and 10 miles from junction 11. It is signposted from the A422 at Westbury and from the A43 at Whitfield.
SatNav OX7 4NS should take you to the flying club entrance
The nearest bus service is to Turweston village (131 & 132) but from there the shortest walk is about 1 ¼ miles via public footpaths (see the OS map)
turweston 1 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Once at the airfield follow the southern perimeter track round to the hangars. Since I visited in 2015 the new control tower and cafe etc has opened as indicated on the revised plan below, there is a car park (also indicated) next to it. The new control tower and club house is located behind the Mark Allen hangar.
turweston 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ICAO code EGBT
contact radio frequency (air/ground): 122.175
The airfield has a tarmac main runway 09/27, 1000 meters long with a parallel grass strip on the south side
Website links: http://www.turwestonflight.com/index.ph ... index.html
http://www.turwestonflight.com/index.ph ... ation.html
Spotting / photography
The first stop when visiting is the control tower / clubhouse where you should ask for permission to look round, they are very friendly and I was allowed access onto the aircraft areas during my visit and was told I could go into the open club hangars and most importantly remember the golden rule –‘ don’t touch anything’.
The Chiltern Classic hangar was also open and a request to walk in to take a couple of photos was granted. The Heli-charter hangar was open when I drove in but closed by the time I walked round so I didn’t find out how they re-act to requests. I am told that Akki do not normally grant access.
I was asked to call back at the club house before leaving so that they knew I was no longer on site, and of course I took the time to say ‘thank you’. By doing this you will help maintain access for future visiting enthusiasts
There were 40 or so aircraft present during my visit plus any which were in the close hangars (Mick Allen & Akki). The busiest time at Turweston is in July on the weekend of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone about 4 miles away, there are intensive helicopter shuttles to the race circuit and fixed wing movements either to connect with the helicopters or the road shuttles. There’s a link to a youtube video on the Silverstone page of the website showing the activity during the grand prix weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnIVBs8-34
a few photos:
G-RIDB on the the Heli-charter apron:
4605 Bell 429 G-RIDB by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Bulldon G-CBCB on the chiltern classic apron:
4610 Bulldog G-CBCB XX537 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
parked aircraft on the taxiway parking area:
4630 parked aircraft at Turweston by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
one of the general private and club aircraft hangars
4643 Europa G-CBES by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and the other:
4622 hangar by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and from the top of the stairs into the tower:
4628 Cirrus SR22 SP-RAV by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
a link to my photos from my visit (and there are even more in my flickR album): viewtopic.php?f=169&t=22232
hope this is useful, if you can provide any additional information or have spotted an error please post a reply here, thank you
Andrew
Turweston airfield is located approximately 2 miles east of Brackley between the A43 and A422. It is approximately 8 miles from junction 10 on the M40 and 10 miles from junction 11. It is signposted from the A422 at Westbury and from the A43 at Whitfield.
SatNav OX7 4NS should take you to the flying club entrance
The nearest bus service is to Turweston village (131 & 132) but from there the shortest walk is about 1 ¼ miles via public footpaths (see the OS map)
turweston 1 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Once at the airfield follow the southern perimeter track round to the hangars. Since I visited in 2015 the new control tower and cafe etc has opened as indicated on the revised plan below, there is a car park (also indicated) next to it. The new control tower and club house is located behind the Mark Allen hangar.
turweston 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ICAO code EGBT
contact radio frequency (air/ground): 122.175
The airfield has a tarmac main runway 09/27, 1000 meters long with a parallel grass strip on the south side
Website links: http://www.turwestonflight.com/index.ph ... index.html
http://www.turwestonflight.com/index.ph ... ation.html
Spotting / photography
The first stop when visiting is the control tower / clubhouse where you should ask for permission to look round, they are very friendly and I was allowed access onto the aircraft areas during my visit and was told I could go into the open club hangars and most importantly remember the golden rule –‘ don’t touch anything’.
The Chiltern Classic hangar was also open and a request to walk in to take a couple of photos was granted. The Heli-charter hangar was open when I drove in but closed by the time I walked round so I didn’t find out how they re-act to requests. I am told that Akki do not normally grant access.
I was asked to call back at the club house before leaving so that they knew I was no longer on site, and of course I took the time to say ‘thank you’. By doing this you will help maintain access for future visiting enthusiasts
There were 40 or so aircraft present during my visit plus any which were in the close hangars (Mick Allen & Akki). The busiest time at Turweston is in July on the weekend of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone about 4 miles away, there are intensive helicopter shuttles to the race circuit and fixed wing movements either to connect with the helicopters or the road shuttles. There’s a link to a youtube video on the Silverstone page of the website showing the activity during the grand prix weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnIVBs8-34
a few photos:
G-RIDB on the the Heli-charter apron:
4605 Bell 429 G-RIDB by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Bulldon G-CBCB on the chiltern classic apron:
4610 Bulldog G-CBCB XX537 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
parked aircraft on the taxiway parking area:
4630 parked aircraft at Turweston by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
one of the general private and club aircraft hangars
4643 Europa G-CBES by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and the other:
4622 hangar by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and from the top of the stairs into the tower:
4628 Cirrus SR22 SP-RAV by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
a link to my photos from my visit (and there are even more in my flickR album): viewtopic.php?f=169&t=22232
hope this is useful, if you can provide any additional information or have spotted an error please post a reply here, thank you
Andrew