Flying to Scilly

Flying between Land's End & St. Mary's Airport

Booking In & Out 

Both Land’s End and St. Mary’s Airports are strictly PPR.

Both Airports require a PPR application – either by phone or via online PPR Form.

Land’s End PPR:

Land’s End Airport PPR – either complete the PPR Form by clicking the link below or by telephoning Land’s End Airport ATC on: 01736 788944.

Land’s End Airport PPR form

St Mary’s Airport PPR:

St Mary’s Airport PPR (min 2 hours notice required) – either complete the PPR Form below or by telephoning St. Mary’s Airport ATC on: 01720 424335.

St Mary’s Airport PPR form

As the Isles of Scilly are more than 10 miles from the mainland, you are advised to file a flight plan.

Please note in addition to the standard PPR Form information, the following information helps to plan your visit to the Isles of Scilly:

  • Please be ready to advise ATC whether your aircraft is equipped with DME, GPS or both
  • Please be ready to advise ATC of the cruising level that you plan to fly at
  • Please note that St Mary’s does not have fuel
  • Please note that both Airport’s close on Sunday’s

Fuel 

Aviation fuel is not available at St.Mary’s Airport for non-commercial operators (only a very limited store of Jet A1 is kept), but Land’s End has both Avgas and Avtur available for all customers.

  • Please check prior to your flight we are able to supply fuel.
  • Refuel at Land’s End on your way out to the Isles of Scilly in case the weather deteriorates for your return journey and you’re unable to land.
  • The self-service Avgas pump at Land’s End Airport is located by the base of the control tower and instructions are displayed on the pump.
  • The Avtur bowser is parked by the hangar at Land’s End Airport. Refuelling is carried out on the concrete apron only. Please give us as much notice as possible for an Avtur refuel. You might have a short wait if the ground staff are handling one of our scheduled passenger aircraft.

Land's End Radio Mandatory Zone (RMZ)

Land’s End, St.Mary’s and RNAS Culdrose ATC all share the responsibility for the RMZ and co-ordinate the traffic between one another.

The upper limit of the RMZ is 4000ft altitude. If you prefer to make your crossing above this, you may be transferred to either Culdrose or Newquay for a radar service.

The RMZ can be a busy piece of airspace. It is not Controlled Airspace but we try to maintain a safe combination of vertical and horizontal minima between known aircraft within it.

Commercial fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters are allocated levels in 500ft steps typically between the level range of 500ft to 2,000ft amsl.

To download an image of the RMZ;  Click the link below, then select “Current AIP”, then in the left hand drop-down list select “AD 2 Aerodromes”, then select “EGHC Land’s End”, then select “AD 2.24 Charts Related to an Aerodrome”, then select “AD 2.EGHC-3-1” for the RMZ chart.

Download image of Land's End radio mandatory zone

The radio transfer point between Lands End and St.Mary’s is:

  • VOR/DME – 10 DME from the LND VOR/DME
  • GPS – 18nm from St. Mary’s
  • Visual Reference – Abeam Wolf Rock lighthouse on the S boundary

It is highly recommended that the EGHC UK AIP entry is included in your pre-flight breifing – the Key points are reproduced below:

Land's End RMZ Flight Procedures

1. LAND’S END RMZ
a. Passenger carrying flights operating between Land’s End Airport, Penzance Heliport, Tresco Heliport and St Mary’s Aerodrome operate within airspace designated as an RMZ centred on a direct track from Land’s End to Scilly Isles from the SFC to 4000 FT ALT. Pilots intending to transit the Land’s End RMZ must comply with section 2 below.

b. Pilots intending to transit the Land’s End RMZ must contact either Culdrose ATC on 134.055, Land’s End ATC on 120.255 MHz (if approaching from the east) or St Mary’s ATC on 124.880 MHz (if approaching from the west), prior to entering. Pilots of aircraft transiting the Culdrose AIAA should contact Culdrose ATC on 134.055 (Refer to AD 2-EGHC-3-1).

c.Aircraft operating under VFR may be asked to follow the Northern (R252 LND) route according to traffic and/or weather conditions in the Land’s End RMZ.

2. LAND’S END RMZ REQUIREMENTS

For flight within the Land’s Ends RMZ aircraft commanders must comply with one of the following:

a. Establish satisfactory two-way RTF communication with and pass pertinent flight details to ATC prior to entering the Land’s End RMZ and maintain two-way communication with ATC whilst operating within the Land’s End RMZ.

b. Conduct flight in accordance with valid Letter of Agreement.

c. Conduct flight in accordance with agreed tactical arrangements with either Land’s End ATC or St Mary’s ATC.