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Drone Rules for Cheney Manor Industrial Estate

Swindon, England (England) • United Kingdom
Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon SN2, UK
Lat: 51.5726 • Lng: -1.80809

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Jun 5, 2026 11:35 PM Approved • Integrated a temporary safety advisory detailing the 1NM warning radius, 600ft AMSL vertical boundaries, and daytime operating parameters for the captive balloon installation near Swindon to prevent low-altitude cable strike incidents.
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Your proposed cautionary advisory regarding the Swindon/Barnfield captive balloon has been approved. This advisory informs drone operators of potential hazards in the area. For more details, you can refer to the UK Civil Aviation Authority's guidelines on notifying other airspace users about drone activities.
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  • https://notaminfo.com/latest — Cross-referenced against live UK civil aviation navigation alerts and Low Flying Area (LFA) data feeds, confirming the temporary captive balloon safety radius, operational window, and altitude ceilings for NOTAM ID EGGN/H1646/26.
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  • Swindon Captive Balloon Warning
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Summary — Airspace Advisory (Swindon/Barnfield): Temporary unmanned captive balloon hazard within a 1NM radius up to 600ft AMSL (200ft AGL) inside Low Flying Area 2. Active daily sunrise-sunset until July 12, 2026.
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⊞⊞ TEMPORARY NAVIGATION WARNING // SWINDON CAPTIVE BALLOON ⊞⊞

A temporary lower-airspace navigation warning has been logged for this sector due to an anchored, unmanned captive balloon operating within Low Flying Area 2 (LFA 2).

⊞ AREA OF OPERATION -- Concentrated within a 1 Nautical Mile (1NM) radius centered at coordinates 51°34'12"N, 001°48'19"W (Barnfield, Swindon).
⊞ VERTICAL ENVELOPE -- Airspace protection limits span from the Surface up to 600ft AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level), with the balloon asset flying up to a maximum height of 200ft AGL (Above Ground Level).
⊞ TIMELINE & SCHEDULE -- Operations run daily during daylight hours from sunrise to sunset (SR-SS), active until July 12, 2026.
⊞ HAZARD CONTEXT -- The high-tension mooring cable or tether anchoring the captive balloon presents a severe, near-invisible physical wire strike hazard to low-flying unmanned aircraft systems.
⊞ COORDINATION CONTACT -- Remote pilots requiring localized flight path coordination or site status verification can contact the field team at 01793 267585.
⊞ PILOT DIRECTIVES -- Remote drone operators must maintain an unbroken visual line of sight (VLOS) with their craft at all times. Actively scan the skyward horizon for the balloon envelope and its vertical mooring line, and yield absolute right-of-way immediately and unconditionally to all other aerial traffic.

DATA REFERENCE: Logged via UK Civil Aviation Authority NOTAM filing EGGN/H1646/26.
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+ ⊞⊞ TEMPORARY NAVIGATION WARNING // SWINDON CAPTIVE BALLOON ⊞⊞
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+ A temporary lower-airspace navigation warning has been logged for this sector due to an anchored, unmanned captive balloon operating within Low Flying Area 2 (LFA 2).
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+ ⊞ AREA OF OPERATION -- Concentrated within a 1 Nautical Mile (1NM) radius centered at coordinates 51°34'12"N, 001°48'19"W (Barnfield, Swindon).
+ ⊞ VERTICAL ENVELOPE -- Airspace protection limits span from the Surface up to 600ft AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level), with the balloon asset flying up to a maximum height of 200ft AGL (Above Ground Level).
+ ⊞ TIMELINE & SCHEDULE -- Operations run daily during daylight hours from sunrise to sunset (SR-SS), active until July 12, 2026.
+ ⊞ HAZARD CONTEXT -- The high-tension mooring cable or tether anchoring the captive balloon presents a severe, near-invisible physical wire strike hazard to low-flying unmanned aircraft systems.
+ ⊞ COORDINATION CONTACT -- Remote pilots requiring localized flight path coordination or site status verification can contact the field team at 01793 267585.
+ ⊞ PILOT DIRECTIVES -- Remote drone operators must maintain an unbroken visual line of sight (VLOS) with their craft at all times. Actively scan the skyward horizon for the balloon envelope and its vertical mooring line, and yield absolute right-of-way immediately and unconditionally to all other aerial traffic.
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+ DATA REFERENCE: Logged via UK Civil Aviation Authority NOTAM filing EGGN/H1646/26.