Rednal Airfield
by Oswestry, Shropshire.
Reference for pilots, aircraft owners, users of airspace & interested parties.
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Airfield Name: REDNAL
The Airfield is closed to all fixed-wing aviation.
ICAO ident: None
ARP: N52° 50.6' W002° 56.09'
alternative ARP representations:
52.8427,-2.9349
N52° 50.561' W002° 56.093'
N52:50:34 W2:56:06
N52° 50' 33.7" W2° 56' 5.6"
N52.8427° W2.9349°
OSxy X:337127 Y:327652
OS12 337127327652
OSNG SJ3712727652
(Airfield Reference Point is Mid-Point of erstwhile Main Runway 04/22).
Elevation: 285ft (-10hPa).
Traffic Type: Rotor craft + Model Aircraft, Drones, UAVs, rockets, helium weather balloons & inflatable dirigible testing.
Owner Type: Private, club + RAF (Helicopter Training).
PPR: Strictly PPR, subject to sufficient notice and assessment of ability, by at least a week's prior arrangement by eg: email airfield \at\ rednal.net , or post - but none for fixed wing piloted..
Rednal Airfield is closed to fixed-wing aircraft.
If you have a general enquiry, or a commercial proposition, or some interesting information about the airfield and its locality, please feel free to get in touch.
Address: Rednal, West Felton, OSWESTRY SY11 4HF
Tel: +44(0) l69l6lzero3zero3
Email: airfield \at\ rednal.net
Web: Rednal Airfield official site
Domain: rednalaerodrome.com
Runway Info: 3 ex-runways exist but are unusable for fixed-wing craft.
Identifier: None
Dimensions: 600 x 40 mts - no overrun at either end. Obstacles include fences, forest and a main road.
Surface: 'Tarmac' with loose surface stones, pitted, patchy, eroded with abundant weed growth.
The AFE 'map' (among others) still circulating on sites such as pilotfriend.com(sic.) is a dangerous fiction, showing non-existent windsock and understating National Grid pylon heights by > 50%.
No windsock.
No fire extinguisher.
No first aid.
No fire hydrant.
No telephone.
400kV pylon heights: 54 mts to East, North-East and North - 16 such pylons of 140ft to 180ft agl within 2km of Rednal Airfield.
11kV overhead 25foot agl buried under 04/22 runway 15metres distant.
South end (22) parallel, then incident upon adjacent public highway, steel and concrete fencing - no overrun possible.
Farm traffic crossing 04 (northern) end
Timber being stored at north end of 04/22
Noise Abatement Areas: Please see map with areas highlighted.
Industrial area + houses to West of Runway 04/22
See this video for illustration of Rednal Airfield pylons looking East and South.
No flying down runway, No touch&go's - military helicopters may be present at low level, as well as UAV(S)/RPA(S)/(s)UAS/MAV/RCA.
Rednal is in the Shawbury (EGOS) Low Flying Area (LFA) 9 - more info available at:
OS-map extract with runway marked
Smaller-scale with highways and (some) high-voltage lines. Brown areas are access for farm and commercial vehicles.
Out-of-date air-nav chart showing nearby airfields and Shawbury's CMATZ.
Indicative map of places where it is preferable not to unnecessarily overfly so as not to disturb grazing animals, farm animals, people and businesses.
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