Early August flight to Beverley airfield

Just over an hour away from Tatenhill is Beverley airfield, which had a free landing fee voucher in the summer edition of Flyer, although I didn't really feel put upon by the rather reasonable £5 landing fee and didn't take much effort to take the Flyer voucher with me.

The weather was good, with light winds and cloud bases around 4-5000 feet, so I opted to take advantage and fly at a higher altitude than I had flown since renewing my licence.

We decide to head out to the south of Gamston airfield and then head up between Doncaster and Humberside airport at 3500ft, the return journey was more of a coastal route.

Arriving at the hanger I was greeted with the new hanger doors which had been installed since I was last flying these took a few seconds to work out how to open them.

With the preflight checks complete, we strapped in and headed for the runway. Following a smooth takeoff we turned right to head north, being careful to stay clear of Darley Moor hang gliding site, which was a good thing as looking over n their direction we watched one of the hang gliders completing a winch launch. Shortly after passing Darley moor we took up the Easterly track to Carsington Water and on to the next way point of Ossington Disused airfield.

Contacting East Midlands for a basic service and getting their QNH which lets us setup the altimeter to ensure that we remain below East Midlands airspace. Once clear of East Mids we could then climb up to our planned cruise altitude of 3500ft.

Passing Mansfield, East Midlands requested we change off their frequency and suggested we contact Doncaster, however I decided to head for the rest of the trip north without talking to anyone until we we closer to our destination. This Altitude would provide us with some buffer over the airfields and gliding sites on the next leg, although I did turn off the track to avoid a glider that was gently climbing to the north of Darlton.

The Humber and bridge from 3500ft

Flying further north we could start to make out the humber and Hull beyond, which allowed us to get a good view of the Humber bridge out of the right window. Starting the descent towards Beverley as we passed over the suburbs of Hull.

Setting the radio for Beverley’s radio frequency, Beverley have a new radio frequency that is based on the 8.33Khz separation rather than the older 25Khz frequency. I called up and received the latest information, that they were on Runway 12 passed me their QFE, shortly after one of the arrivals (a Europa) announced that they had dead sticked (landed without power) the landing and had stopped at the end of the runway, this would mean that it would be unsafe to land until they had been cleared off. I continued to do an overhead join and enter the circuit, the overhead join unusually at Beverley is at 1500’ and all the circuits are to the north of the field which allowed a left hand circuit onto runway 12.

Beverley clubhouse and hangers.

As we continued to join and fly round the circuit we could see the rescue truck driving out to assist the stranded Europa and assist removing it from the runway, fortunately it was clear of the runway when we turned onto finals. After a nice approach and a short landing we were able to taxi off the runway and follow the Europa back to the parking.  We did not take on fuel at the airfield, although the fuel bowser is conveniently located near the clubhouse with good access from the parking area.

Beverley Clubhouse

Once parked up we found that Beverley had a nice little well maintained clubhouse with a small cafe where drinks and food could be purchased along with a nice seating area with comfortable chairs, outside were a number of picnic tables that had a good view of the airfield.

Landing fees were a most reasonable £5 which were paid with a short welcoming chat with airfield management in the corner of the clubhouse.


Having spent a short time at Beverley I would recommend it as either a destination in itself or a stopping point on a larger adventure.

Flight details:
Distance: 109nm
Duration: 1h 05m
Landing Fee (Beverley: £5
Sights: Humber and the Humber Bridge