If you have any questions or comments regarding operations or management of the airfield, please contact the Operations Officer 7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps (below) or Cllr Simon Gough MBE, Keevil Parish Council:

 

24 June-04 JULY 2025: Troops training on the Airfield
Update from the Airfield Manager, June 3rd 2025

There will be another Ground Based Training Exercise at Keevil Airfield, supporting 23 Sigs Regt, from Tuesday 24 June to Friday 04 July 2025. Flying will continue during this time at normal rates but an increased ground presence is expected.

There will also be a new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) operating on the airfield a few days a month. As part of the Government’s drive to ensure that spare capacity of the Defence Estate is utilised to support our Defence Partners and to recoup costs via providing spare capacity to civilian industry, a new aircraft will start operating from Keevil Aerodrome. CERTO Aerospace have reached agreement with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and the CAA to operate their UAV aircraft at Keevil starting in June 2025. The UAVs will operate within the boundary of the Aerodrome only and inline with CAA regulations for the size and weight of the vehicle. The activity will be separate and de-conflicted from the military use of the aerodrome (i.e. no combined operations) and is currently limited to 3 days a month.

12-23 MAY 2025: NOTIFICATION OF TROOPS EXERCISING at KEEVIL AIRFIELD 

From the Airfield Manager…

“We will be supporting exercising troops at Keevil during the period 12 – 23 May 2025. I have informed the Exercise Directors of the requirement to reduce military vehicle traffic through the neighbouring villages and hope that the activity will pass largely unnoticed. I do not expect any major disturbance in terms of extra noise from the airfield.”

UPDATE on Airspace Change – Watchkeeper RPAS activity: MAY 2023

In May, Keevil Parish Council asked for an update on the Airspace Change proposals, and have been advised by Major Goodman and his team, who were grateful for the support they had received, that:

  • Ownership of the airfield has now changed from Brize Norton to Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), Middle Wallop;
  • The Civil Aviation Authority has approved the airspace change that will allow Watchkeeper to operate from the airfield, with the preferred option (that most benefits our community because of the flexibility it offers the regiment to minimise noise by varying flight paths to SPTA) being the one that was successful;
  • The detachment has now deployed, and this year will focus on integrating and training with the rest of the British Army. From late May through to the end of June 2023, Watchkeeper intends to operate periodically to support exercises on Salisbury Plain during working weekday hours;

More information here New Danger Area_EG_Sup_2023_019_e and from the UKFSC (United Kingdom Flight Safety Committee) below:

New Danger Area – EGD148 KEEVIL
The CAA has approved the implementation of a new permanent danger area, which will be known as EGD148 KEEVIL. The change will take effect on 15 May 2023, notified by an AIP SUPPLEMENT to be issued on 4 May 2023. Activation will be by NOTAM, with MOD Boscombe Down Air Traffic Control providing a Danger Area Crossing Service to other airspace users when the Danger Area is active; there are no changes to airspace classifications. Details of the airspace change can be found on the CAA airspace change portal. | Dated: April 2023

If anyone has any specific questions or concerns please channel them via ROB KEVAN 

June 2022: KEEVIL AIRFIELD AIRSPACE CHANGE PROPOSAL ACP-2021-006 CONSULTATION

The consultation period for the MOD Airspace Change Proposal (ACP) that is seeking to enable the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft from Keevil Airfield ran June-August 2022, and included a number of roadshows, online briefings and Open Days. Details can be found online on Citizen Space, including documentation for Stage 3 of the airspace change process as well as online feedback from individuals and organisations. Further updates are expected in the new year.

The Project LOVERIDGE team: Capt R D Goodman RA | Project LOVERIDGE lead | 47th Regiment Royal Artillery | Horne Barracks | LARKHILL | Wiltshire | SP4 8QE |email: 47RA-Project-LOVERIDGE@mod.gov.uk

More about Watchkeeper and 47 RA – and they have a great Facebook page

September 2018: Static Display of Aircraft on Keevil Airfield

RAF 100 Click here for the Gallery of images

Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) newsletter

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/salisbury-plain-training-area-spta-newsletter