About

Starting life as Vectair Flying Club at Portsmouth Airport by a former WW2 night-fighter pilot. Vectair is a contraction of the Roman name for nearby Hayling Island, Vectis.

 

Following the closure of Portsmouth Airport in the 70s, Vectair moved to Goodwood Aerodrome becoming a staple of the GA community in the south. Eventually management of the business was passed to the son.

 

In the mid 90s the club was sold with the family moving on to opportunities outside of aviation. Sadly, the new owner changed the direction of the club and Vectair Flying Club folded early 2000s.

 

In the 2020s, one of the original owners Grandsons decided to repurpose name for this website. Meaning the Vectair name is now entering it’s 3rd generation of aviation use in the same family.

The Databases

All of the data found on this website comes from open source, freely available resources. 

 

The primary source (especially the civilian information) comes directly from ICAO, IATA, EASA etc as well as national aviation authorities (CAA, FAA, IAA etc). Much of this information you can find all over the internet including Wikipedia and other aviation related websites. We are simply trying to present this data in a useable way. 

 

Additionally as there are several conventions used for coding, the main two being ICAO and IATA. We are trying to bring all these sources into one useable resource.

 

As well as the standard resources mentioned above, we also gather data from other publicly available documentation such as training SOPs, aerodrome manuals, accident investigation documents and freedom-of-information requests. We also use a large amount of non-standard sources such as ADS-B tracking websites, live/recorded air traffic audio feeds, spotter forums and open source social media.

 

 


  • Resources

    The source material much of the information on this site comes from.


  • Aviation Community

    Social media pages/accounts that provide useful information and observations.


  • Contact

    Submit new or; correct/supplement existing information.


  • Changelog

    A completely unnecessary text record of changes to the databases.