Bournemouth Airport is located in the South of England and is known for the heavy A340’s landing there on a daily schedule with vital equipment.
ATC Positions
| Callsign | Frequency |
| Bournemouth Ground | 121.705 |
| Bournemouth Tower | 121.500 |
| Bournemouth Director (FIN) | 118.655 |
| Bournemouth Radar (INT) | 119.480 |
Aircraft landing into Bournemouth should contact INT on 119.480.
FIN is not constantly monitored, so INT covers FIN top-down.
Preferential Runway
Runway 26 is the preferential runway when there is a tailwind component of 5 knots or less and the runway is dry
Taxiway
The taxiway chart can be viewed here
Circuits
Circuit height before 0800 and after 2000 local: 1500 feet QFE
Fixed wing aircraft: 1200 feet QFE
Helicopters: 700 feet QFE
Circuits operate to the north
SIDs
These are airway departures. The controller clears you on an Altitude and track on the airway for example:
“(Callsign), cleared to (Destination) joining Q41
on track NORRY, climb to altitude 3000ft,
squawk (SSR Code)”
STARs
| STAR | Initial fix | Routing | Expected Descent |
| BUGUP1S | UMBUR | BUGUP – RISIN – NUBRI – PEPIS – SAM | FL150 level by BUGUP FL110 level by RISIN FL90 level by SAM |
| CPT1S | CPT | CPT – PEPIS – SAM | FL120 level by CPT 15nm before |
| COWLY1S | COWLY | COWLY – PEPIS – SAM | FL80 level by PEPIS |
| ELDAX1S | ELDAX | ELDAX – NOTGI – EVEXU – GIVUN – RUDMO – MILVA – SAM | FL180 5nm level by ELDAX FL90 level by SAM |
| THRED1S | THRED | THRED – NEDUL | FL70 level by NEDUL |
| UMBUR2S | UMBUR | UMBUR – OCK – PEPIS -SAM | FL160 level by OCK FL90 level by SAM |
VRPs
Bournemouth’s VRPs are within this chart that is based around Southampton, click here for it.
Beaulieu (East)
Hengistbury Head (South)
Needles Lighthouse (South East)
Sandbanks (South West)
Stoney Cross (North East)
Holds
| Holding Area | Direction of turn | Inbound Course Duration | |
| NEDUL | Right Hand | 024 degrees 5NM legs | |
| PEPIS | Right Hand | 003 degrees 1min legs | |
| RUDMO | Left hand | 276 degrees 1min legs | |
| SAM | Right Hand | 029 degrees 1min legs |
Who to Contact
Below is the order in which you should contact a controller
Vatsim
EGHH_GND, EGHH_TWR, EGHH_APP, SOLENT_APP, LON_S_CTR, LON_SC_CTR, LON_CTR
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