Silverstone Heliport

IATA: none – ICAO: EGBV

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Heli Air Ltd.

Location

Silverstone

Elevation AMSL

502 ft / 153 m

Coordinates

52°04′14″N 001°00′44″W / 52.07056°N 1.01222°WCoordinates: 52°04′14″N 001°00′44″W / 52.07056°N 1.01222°W

Map

EGBV

Location in Buckinghamshire

Helipads

Number	Length		Surface
Number	m	ft	Surface
06/24	235 × 32	771 × 105	Grass

Sources: UK AIP at NATS^[1]

Silverstone Heliport (ICAO: EGBV) is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Buckingham,^[1] Buckinghamshire, England and within Silverstone Circuit, formerly RAF Silverstone.

Silverstone Northern Heliport has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P874) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Silverstone Circuits Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.^[2]

The world record for the worlds busiest airport for one day, was the heliport at Silverstone during the 1999 British Grand Prix. There were 4,200 documented aircraft movements (1 movement being a landing or a takeoff) in one day from dawn till dusk. The airfield was fully licensed and used a sophisticated air traffic control service, using six full air traffic control radio frequencies and a continuous message broadcast (ATIS) service, operated by a team of 24 air traffic controllers. This achievement was even more remarkable as it was coordinated completely on a VFR (Visual Flight Rules) basis without the assistance of radar or any other electronic navigation aids.

This busy service continues to operate for the annual Grand Prix events at Silverstone but has yet to break or equal this existing record, due mainly to recently improved road access to the circuit.

References

Airports in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

England

Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cornwall Doncaster Sheffield Durham Tees Valley East Midlands Exeter Humberside Leeds Bradford Liverpool London City London Gatwick London Heathrow London Luton London Southend London Stansted Manchester Newcastle Newquay Norwich Southampton

Smaller	Blackpool Shoreham (Brighton City) Cambridge Carlisle Cotswold Coventry Gloucestershire Land's End Leicester London Biggin Hill London Oxford Lydd Nottingham St Mary's Wolverhampton

Scotland

Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow International Glasgow Prestwick Inverness

Smaller	Barra Benbecula Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Dundee Eday Fair Isle Islay Kirkwall Lerwick North Ronaldsay Oban Papa Westray Sanday Scatsta Stornoway Stronsay Sumburgh Tiree Westray Wick

Wales

Cardiff

Smaller	Aberporth Anglesey Caernarfon Cardiff Heliport Haverfordwest Hawarden Llanbedr Pembrey Swansea Welshpool

Northern Ireland

Belfast City Belfast International Derry

Smaller	Enniskillen/St Angelo Newtownards

Crown Dependencies

Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

Smaller	Alderney

Overseas Territories

Smaller airports handle domestic, charter or private services only

Transport in Buckinghamshire

Road

Motorways	M1 M4 M25 M40

A-Roads	A4 A40 A41 A404 A412 A413 A418 A421 A422 A428 A4010 A4012 A4146 A4155 A5 A508 A509 A5130

Roman roads	Akeman Street Watling Street

Notable Junctions	Handy Cross roundabout Denham Roundabout Magic Roundabout (High Wycombe)

Motorway service stations	Beaconsfield Newport Pagnell

Rail

Main lines	West Coast Main Line Chiltern Main Line Great Western Main Line

Other lines	Marston Vale Line London to Aylesbury Line Metropolitan line Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line Marlow Branch Line

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Other	Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway East West Rail Link Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Seer Green rail crash List of railway stations

Air

Waterways

Rivers	River Thames River Great Ouse

Canals	Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Grand Union Canal Branches: Slough Arm Wendover Arm Aylesbury Arm

Footpaths

National Trails	Thames Path The Ridgeway

Long-distance footpaths	Icknield Way (path) Chiltern Way Greater Ridgeway Midshires Way Ouse Valley Way Shakespeare's Way Swan's Way

Cycle Paths

Transport in Milton Keynes

Road	Milton Keynes grid road system A421 A422 A4146 A5 A509 A5130 H6 Childs Way H10 Bletcham Way V6 Grafton Street V8 Marlborough Street

Rail	Bletchley railway station Bletchley TMD Bow Brickhill railway station East West Rail Link Fenny Stratford railway station Marston Vale Line Milton Keynes Central railway station Varsity Line West Coast Main Line Woburn Sands railway station Wolverton railway station Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line

Bus	Buses in Milton Keynes Arriva Shires & Essex Milton Keynes Coachway MK Metro Stagecoach in Northants United Counties Omnibus

Water	Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Cosgrove aqueduct Grand Union Canal

Other transport	Milton Keynes redway system Watling Street Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway

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