(North is at the top of the map)
Circuits for 01 are Right-Hand, Circuits for 19 are Left-Hand. Available landing distance is 700 metres (2,294ft). Blind call ‘Chirk Traffic’ on Safetycom 135.48MHz. 1500ft QFE overhead join. Circuit height 800ft. Do not overfly Halton village to the NNE of the airfield (Noise complaints) and do not overfly Chirk Town below 1500ft AAL. I personally prefer to land on 19 in anything up to a 10mph tail wind so brakes aren’t needed but please make your own assessment – different aircraft have different safe parameters!
Runway 19 is uphill, Runway 01 is downhill so make sure you have good brakes if you have a fast aircraft and touch down early or go-around. Watch out for any vehicles; especially from the west between the two fields as there is an entrance gate there.
The Kronospan factory is an absolutely brilliant landmark for locating the airfield and assessing the wind conditions; it’s visible for miles and the smoke from the chimneys will usually give you a brilliant indication of wind direction and strength. There’s also usually a Welsh Flag flying (see map above) that will also give you an accurate wind indication.
We do not currently charge a landing fee at Chirk and we interpret this as accepting absolutely no liability – either defined or implied for any damage or injury sustained to any third parties, their vehicles or property while visiting the airfield. We recommend joining overhead to assess the field conditions, wind strength & direction and any foreign objects or persons on the ground. You MUST have valid third party insurance in place to visit. Remember the airfield is a working farm all year round and the venue of a brilliant Car-Boot sale in the Spring/Summer/Autumn season so check for animals before landing and when the car boot sale is on there is to be absolutely no aviation operations between 1700 on the Saturday and 1330 on the day of the Car Boot sale (If there’s a bank holiday Monday there’s a sale on that day too).
The main runway track is rough hard-standing so it is recommended to land on the grass if you don’t have wheel-spats that stop chips being lifted by the tyres as they will damage propellers. If there’s sheep on the field it is recommended to overfly the runway at a low height once or twice and they will tend to wander up to the top of the hill and off the runway.
Be careful of rotor from the trees on approach and westerly wind tends to be quite rough as it rolls down the mountains and up the side of the field.
PPR Contact details on SkyDemon, email supergalley@hotmail.com if you don’t have that – with your Reg, Type, POB, Departure Point, Transponder/ADSB (if fitted) and ETA and I’ll contact the airfield owner and relay.
Alternates: Hawarden EGNR is 16 miles to 4°, Welshpool EGCW is 22 miles to 192°. Sleap EGCV is 14 miles to 120°.
