Pilot reviews of Welshpool Airport

“Visited Welshpool on Thursday. Lovely scenic approach and really apealing airfield. No radio on Thursday but very quiet. Young lady in office welcomed us in.Landing fee £10 No cafe service during the week but coffee machine and a few snacks available. Powys Castle nearby which I understand has cafe facilities. Would certainly visit again and possible try and visit Welshpool and look what services are available there. Seems a good GA airfield ”

“Good airfield in a beautiful location. Nothing in particular stands out about Welshpool apart from its consistent scores - it does everything better than average. I recieved a polite and helpful welcome from everyone there. The catering wasn't something I sampled on this trip but the coffee was fine and good value. The A/G was effective without being officious and generally the whole place seemed to be a well run and smooth stop over. Needs a revisit when i have more time.”

“We flew to Welshpool today in our Cherokee. They were friendly on the phone when geting PPR, and very friendly when we were there. The runway is lovely, the approach is exciting with the airfield being at the bottom of a valley with quite high ground on each side. Great scenery on the way in. Welshpool is a nice town, only a £3 taxi ride away, and has plenty of pubs to eat in. We walked back to the airfield from the town, along the old canal. Well worth a visit, we'll be going back, theres a castle 1 mile from the airfield to visit too !”

“Flew into Welshpool (http://www.welshpoolairport.co.uk) in October 06. The approach is not nearly as difficult as Pooleys would have you believe: just fly the circuit high and keep an eye out either side for the high ground. Lovely runway and tidy airfield. Very friendly welcome and fuel available. Cafe is "part time" and ran on an honesty box when I was there: no bacon butties, but the town is a short taxi ride away. Do visit this super airfield set in stunnign scenery.”

“Nice friendly little place, slightly challenging due to its valley location but that was more than made up for by the scenery! I had no problem finding the field from Oswestry (to the north), though it was a nice day. Circuit height is 1500', and beware that the runway is narrower than most - I went around first try. Landing fee was £10 (for a C152).

NB: Only vending machines available on weekdays; weekend catering appears to be quite simple (bacon rolls) - but as others note, it's a short taxi ride to the castle or the town.

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“A neat and informal airfield amongst some stunning countryside. However, it would be great if the 'canteen' were to start providing those enormous breakfasts, once again, that Welshpool was renowned for at one time: if it did, we'd go there far more often.”

“Visited Welshpool on the 12th January 2006, and what a nice airport it was.

I had a good tail wind, so the flight from Swansea only took 35 minutes. First contact with A/G was very friendly, giving me RWY 22, and he was switching the coffee maker on.

Nice solid parking area, and nice welcome. Only £8.00 landing fee, and he phoned a taxi for me to go into town.

£3.00 later, and I was in the center of a beutiful town. Old market town, with very old buildings, and a very nice canal area.

Had lunch in the Royal Hotel, and after some shopping, and a good look around, had a taxi back to the airfield.

The guy that welcomed me, was over the other side of the runway, diging a hole, so it was a matter of just calling out your intentions, and heading home over some wonderful countryside.

Will go again.

P.S. Sorry no photos, I left the camera in my car at Swansea, OOPS.

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“Visited Welshpool over the weekend 9/10th July.Very friendly staff and great location. Landing fee for a Skyranger Microlight 8 GBP and 4GBP overnight parking. A great place for a fuel stopover or to explore the local area.”

“Went to Welshpool last year - pa38, c150 and two Yak52s. Had a nice flight there over the welsh hills, not much going on when we got there quite and the canteen closed.

Every one one met was friendly and helpful, all interested in the Yaks. Be careful on approach as there is a definite wind shear sink on short final. All four of us had to give a burst of power to correct for it in the last 200 feet or so.

Worth a visit for the views

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“I did my initial training here and it is a lovely place to fly from .

just be aware that circuit hight is 1500 FT because of high ground both sides of the runway.

It is also a good idea not to descend below circuit hight in the valley until lined up with the runway in use if visibility is poor.

If using 04 we were briefed to stay well clear of Powis Castle and the town

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“Going from Rennes to Isle of Man,we had to divert to Weshpool due to very bad weather on the west coast.Friendly welcome from the staff. Excellent efficiency:fuel,mto within 30 minutes. Credit cards now accepted.Very good place indeed that we were glad to find in difficulty. Thanks you.”

“Sat 24th July visited Welshpool very helpful staff & good runway. The airfield is in intersting countryside with some pretty high hills around, stay high till your inside the ATZ.

Took a taxi to Powys castle £3. Nice couple of hours National trust tea shop etc.

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“EGCW WELSHPOOL airfield.

From Rennes to Isle of Man,encountering poor weather around Llanbedr,we were to divert to Welshpool. Delicious welcome and great efficiency from the staffof this airfield.Fuel,flight plan and meteo within 30 minutes.Thanks for them. Cessna 182 F.GBTS

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“Landed at Welshpool earlier this week. Great runway that's pretty visible as you approach.

All very friendly, only slight hiccup is they dont accept credit or debit cards for fuel/oil/landing fees, otherwise first rate !

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“Welshpool is a nice little aerodrome with a canteen and friendly staff. I visited for the first time on Sunday 15th February from my home aerodrome in Tatenhill, Staffs.

Some tips though.. Ring them for the weather as the direction of the sun if its hazy can make the visibilty / nav pretty challenging when approaching the zone. The aerodrome is also situated in a valley, and you may find that they wont hear you on any initial call until you are near Welshpool town ! oh, and watch out for the mountains, they get pretty high in some places. I found the best way was was to come down the vally from Welshpool town itslelf.(if approaching from the North)

Definately worth a trip, great scenery....

Pete
PPL(A)


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