Unlicensed single grass runway. 23/05 - 580m/30m. 114ft AMSL. Aerodrome reference point N53 27.230 W002 34.869, MCT 113.55 301 12.9nm, WAL 114.10 083 20.2nm. Manchester ATIS is available by telephone on 0161 499 2324 or 128.175 MHz
Airstrip is not permanently manned, and is closed when no Duty Officer is present.
PPR is essential from 0798 5441676.
First-time visiting pilots should ask for a telephone briefing. No landing fee, fuel, maintenance, hangarage, fire cover, overnight parking or other facilities available. Nearest fuel is at
Barton (landing fee currently £13.50). Movements must be logged in the book kept in the clubhouse.
Runway has slight incline down from 23 threshold to midpoint, then up to 05 threshold. Surface may be undulating and coarse in places. Pilots should be familiar with the advice given in CAA Safety Sense leaflet 12, "Strip Flying", and are advised to transmit intentions on Safetycom 135.475 MHz.
Limited pedestrian access is available from the strip to the main road.but strictly no vehicles permitted until the access is improved. Parking is at Kenyon Hall Farm Garden Centre, on the south side of the A579.By car, take the M6 to Junction 22 and then turn east on the A579. The farm shop is about a mile up on the right-hand side.
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