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Hawarden Aerodrome (IATA: CEG, ICAO: EGNR) is an airport near Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales, near the border with England and 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west southwest of the city of Chester. Aviation Park Group (APG) is based at the airport and provides handling and related services to private clients.
Common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) is the name given to the VHF radio frequency used for air-to-air communication at United States, and Australian non-towered airports. Many towered airports close their towers overnight, keeping the airport open for cargo operations and other activity.
Frequency allocations vary from region to region. Despite the use of uppercase letters, MULTICOM is not an abbreviation or acronym. In the United States, there is one MULTICOM frequency: 122.9 MHz. (See AIM table 4-1-2 or AIM table 4-1-1) At uncontrolled airports without a UNICOM, pilots are to self-announce on the MULTICOM frequency.
An aeronautical chart is a map designed to assist in the navigation of aircraft, much as nautical charts do for watercraft, or a roadmap does for drivers. Using these charts and other tools, pilots are able to determine their position, safe altitude, best route to a destination, navigation aids along the way, alternative landing areas in case of an in-flight emergency, and other useful ...
Hawarden Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 2Y2) was a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Hawarden, a city in Sioux County, Iowa. [1] It was closed at unspecified date.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
The station is located on the "Hawarden Loop" section of the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway and was opened with the line in 1890. It is close to the summit of a steep bank from Shotton, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 53. [1] The station had a goods yard, which closed on 4 May 1964.
Before 1 October 2002 it was known as the Global High Frequency System (GHFS). HFGCS stations tend to operate in the aviation bands clustered around 5, 6, 8 and 11/12 MHz, although other frequencies are in use. The primary HFGCS voice frequencies are 4724.0 kHz, 8992.0 kHz, 11175.0 kHz, and 15016.0 kHz.