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EGCW ·

Welshpool Airport

52.62860°N
-3.15333°W
ARR / DAY
4
7.4%
DEP / DAY
5
13.3%

Welshpool Airport (EGCW) is a small general aviation airport located in Welshpool, United Kingdom, 48 km west of Telford. It features 1 runway measuring 3,346 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,346 FT MAX
04/22
3,346 ft × 59
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

22
74% of ops
151 land · 25 TO
04
26% of ops
52 land · 54 TO
Runway 22 carries 74% of operations (151 landings, 25 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 26%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

22 151 landings
UA 0%
04 52 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 151 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 11am · 10am
Day vs night
100%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 10am–12pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (7.5 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (19% of 166 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
10/11/2012
Mid Wales Airport, Welshpool EGCW
Home to the Wales Air Ambulance helicopter service, EGCW is a fitting tribute to its founder, Bob Jones, who died tragically earlier this year.
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