# Newtownards Airport (EGAD)

**Newtownards Airport** (ICAO: EGAD) is a small airport in Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,020 m (3,346 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egad

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGAD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: 54.5811, -5.6919
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,020 m / 3,346 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtownards_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301121
- Weather station: EGAC · WMO 03924
- Ident: EGAD

## Timeline

- 7 Apr 2015: Newtownards Airport crash.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,020 m / 3,346 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |
| 15/33 | 644 m / 2,112 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | yes |
| 08/26 | 556 m / 1,824 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 081° / 261° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,020 m / 3,346 ft | =13,342 of 29,858 | =1,400 in Europe | =123 in GB |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =5,766 in Europe | =636 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Newtownards A/G | 128.305 |

## Nearby airports

- [BHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egac.md) George Best Belfast City Airport · 12 km / 7.7 mi
- [GB-0448](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0448.md) Slieve Croob Airfield · 32 km / 20 mi
- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [GB-0355](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0355.md) Dunnyvadden Airstrip · 44 km / 28 mi
- [GB-0879](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0879.md) Slemish Airfield · 46 km / 28 mi
- [GB-0558](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0558.md) Tarsan Lane Microlights · 50 km / 31 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egad/data