Fowlmere

Fowlmere is a small grass airfield adjacent to Duxford Imperial War Museum. It's the home of ModernAir, a "self-fly hire" operation more than a school, although they do training as well. In the vicinity of the airfield are a bird sanctuary, Duxford Museum and a golf corse. The airfield has one east/west runway (07/25) of about 600m of grass, there was a north/south strip too but that was taken out of service and now serves as the taxiway to the runway. There's a winsock at the north end of the taxiway. Fowlmere Radio operates on 120.92 but arriving aircraft should first call Duxford on 122.07 as their zone overlaps with Fowlmere's. Circuits are at 800 feet and normally to the north, with downwind taking you between the two villages to the north along the main road and parallel railway lines. Avoid flying over any villages and in particular over the house off the SW corner of the field. Current landing fees are 8 pounds. Please note that Fowlmere is strictly PPR and pilots telephoning for this on 01763-208281 are invariably made very welcome.

If you're looking to hire something ModernAir has some serious going-places machines, several Archers, a Saratoga and a Malibu. Prices may be a little higher than at some schools but you can (and are encouraged!) to take these aircraft away for weekends, etc and without any minimum hours required. The aircraft are all well equipped too; full airways, GPS, autopilot is the normal fit.

Fuel: 100LL is normally available.

Contributions to this page from David Sansom and James Graham. This should not be used as a source of authoritative information for flight planning or safety purposes. The Air Pilot should be referred to for up to date information.