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Volume of Traffic Management

A Traffic Management System has been introduced at Gloucestershire Airport requiring the booking of slots and managing the type and volume of traffic at any given time

SLOT BOOKINGS - each slot 15 minutes

  DEPARTURES

ARRIVALS / APPROACH 
- INC TRAINING

CIRCUITS
IFR Movement No slot required 1 -
Runway VFR 2 2 1
Helicopter VFR 2 2 1

Note: Default VFR Joins to be Direct Join

BOOKING AVAILABILITY* TIME
Non-Training and Exam Flights - IFR 2 weeks
IFR Training Approaches 1 week
Based VFR Flights 1 week
Non Home-based VFR Flights On the Day

* Slot Bookings does not apply to Air Ambulance, Police and Military Flights

Slot availability can be viewed HERE

To book PPR please give the team a call on 01452 857700 ext 223

GENERAL RULES

  • PPR Mandatory. Flight plans do not constitute PPR
  • No IFR approaches with out PPR. Each approach will require a 15 minute slot to be approved
  • No VFR Instrument Approach Procedures under Basic Service
  • No block bookings accepted
  • No visiting circuits between 1000hrs and 1400 hrs
  • No circuits during cross runway operations
  • Helicopters can only use Heli North for circuits

 

Gloucestershire Airport