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Solent Airport

50.81420°N
-1.20333°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 61.6%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 61.4%

Solent Airport (EGHF) is a small general aviation airport located in Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,375 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

3 installed

3,375 FT MAX
05/23
3,375 ft × 98
Asphalt○ unlit
10/25
2,590 ft × 144
Asphalt○ unlitCLOSED
16/34
2,200 ft × 140
Asphalt○ unlitCLOSED

Runway intelligence

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

05
46% of ops
140 land · 103 TO
23
20% of ops
61 land · 67 TO
16
11% of ops
35 land · 4 TO
10
10% of ops
30 land · 0 TO
28
8% of ops
25 land · 1 TO
34
5% of ops
15 land · 18 TO
Runway 05 carries 46% of operations (140 landings, 103 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

05 140 landings
UA 6%
23 61 landings
UA 10%
16 35 landings
UA 6%
10 30 landings
UA 10%
28 25 landings
UA 8%
34 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 140 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
13.3
flights/day · 400 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
100%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 13.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (10.8 vs 15.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

145 · 47%
25 · 8%
15 · 5%
11 · 4%
11 · 4%
10 · 3%
Activity is led by (47% of 306 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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
11/9/2011
Lee-on-the-Solent
LFA winning battle and airfield has gained enterprise zone status ,open to visiting a/c 7 days a week and has a healthy population of based light a/c and helicopters which is set to increase.
david
4/23/2008
Schedule to close in May 2008
The Royal Navy has abandoned this field, and it is scheduled to close on 14 May 2008; however, the Lee Flying Association is challenging the closure.
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