Low Flying Area 10

LFA Map 10

LFA 10

LFA 10 is located in Essex and Suffolk and is a Dedicated User Area for helicopters of the Army Air Corps based at Wattisham. Wattisham airfield is the main centre of Army Air Corps operational activity, and home of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter that is assigned to support 16 Air Assault Brigade based at Colchester. Almost all of the low flying activity within this Area is helicopter with just a small amount of fixed-wing flying, often by C-130 Hercules, taking place. LFA 10 has a usable area of 2,900 km2 (1,120 sq mls) that represents 1.8% of the total useable overland area of the UK Low Flying System. 


Exercise and events taking place in LFA 10.

For a complete listing of Exercises and Events across the United Kingdom click the link on the right.






Low Flying Hours Booked per Year

2003/04 : 2,979

2004/05 : 3,633

2005/06 : 2,742

2006/07 : 2,742

2007/08 : 1,241

2008/09 : 1,238

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