Pilot reviews of Fairoaks Airfield

“Thought I'd have a go at visiting Fairoaks, as somewhere new to try. Although it's in Heathrow's Zone, Farnborough are excellent at taking you through to Fairoaks' ATZ, and the FISO at Fairoaks was very helpful and friendly.”

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Flew over to Fairoaks today having put it off before due to the London TMA above. A bit of homework with the airfield guide and an excelent telephone briefing (PPR most essential)made it easy in practice. The max altitude within the zone and the circuits are both variable - 06 was LH when I called up, RH when I arrived and LH when I departed 1 1/2 hours later!

I was approaching from the South and as the area is extremely busy I took FIS from Farnborough on 125.25 both ways. They are extremeley helpful and seem very used to dealing with the Fairoaks traffic. Fairoaks Information itself was very professional.

800m of asphalt, decent restaurant, plenty going on and Transair on site. Well worth a visit.

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“went to fairoaks yesturday, help full ATC. ring before you go for the joining instructions. and the routing. In the LTMA so care with the height. The circular biulding to the south of the field is a good reference point, to confirm the correct airport. Also busy area with lots of traffic from all other airports. as you fly in the aircraft leaving and arriving from heathrow look really close.

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“Flew into to Fairoaks Airport the other day for the first time, have been there before to visit Transair Pilot Shop but never flown in. I have to say I was very impressed, ATC were excellent. The runways is well kept and it's a nice place to sit have a coffee before flying home. You also have the advantage of being able to spend money on new toys at Transair.”

“Visited Fairoaks today for the first time and was very pleasantly impressed.

Pooleys suggests a phone call briefing if you have not visited before. This worked very well as ATC were very helpful and made it very clear how to enter their zone even though it appears as part of the London Zone.

Farnbourough were also very helpful with the hand-over both on the way in and the way out.

The runway itself was flat and good quality and there was a good cafe.

I had always been put off visiting before due to the airspace issue - but helpful ATC from Farnborough and Fairoaks made it very straightforward.

The airfield is also home to ALan Mann aviatin - so plenty of different aircraft to look at - as well as the Transair shop.

Ian H”