Some questions were raised following the distribution of the initial No Drone Zone poster. I hope this helps to answer some of those questions. If after reading this you still have any queries please let me know and I will try to get them answered for you. The Air Safety Cell will be in attendance at our Community Information Event on the 30th October and will be happy to answer any concerns on the day. I have attached our Community Information Event poster to this email, if you haven’t already done so please could you distribute it as widely as possible.
The web address listed on the initial poster was a broken link. We have now removed that link from the poster, see updated version attached. Visiting www.dronesafe.uk is a good alternative for the same information.
The number listed on the poster takes you to the RAF Marham Main Guard Room (MGR). The orderly staff at the MGR will only collect information on Drone sightings, they will never be able to grant permission for any Drone use.
The airfield is frequently used out of hours by the Marham Aero Club (MAC) and the Fenland Gliding Club (FGC) therefore the airfield should be considered active even if Air Traffic Control (ATC) is closed. The Duty Operations Officer (DOO) should know the intended operating hours of the MAC and FGC and can provide that information to any Drone user but this should not be considered as permission to fly a Drone, instead to be used as a deconfliction method with the onus remaining with the Drone operator.
Drone users remain responsible for any aviation event they conduct. The flying of drones within the Drone exclusion area should only be done when the Drone operator has either received direct verbal permission from ATC when the airfield is open or outside of the published out of hours flying by the MAC or FGC activities.
The Drone Code protection area surrounding RAF Marham is as follows: 500m either side of each end of the 4 runways out to 5000m to a height of 2000ft; and a radius from the centrepoint of 2.5nm and to a height of 2000ft. Please note that when active the airfield Military Protection Zone is 5nm radius to a height of 3000ft.
The flying of Drones in a safe and considered manner near RAF Marham remains the responsibility of the Drone operator, we support a 2 way process to ensure that deconfliction is taken at every opportunity.
ATC can be contacted on 01760 337261 ext 4949
DOO can be contacted on 01760 337261 ext 6240
Kind Regards
Diane Wilson
Mrs Diane Wilson | Deputy Media Comms Officer | RAF Marham, King’s Lynn. Norfolk, PE33 9NP
Mil: 95951 6739 | Civ: 01760 337261 Ext: 6739 | [email protected]
