# Coventry Airport, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom

**Coventry Airport** was an airport in Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1936. It closed on 11 Jun 2026. It had one runway, 1,825 m (5,988 ft) long, asphalt. In 2009 it handled 167 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1936
- Closed: 11 Jun 2026 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 81 m / 267 ft
- Coordinates: 52.3697, -1.4797
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,825 m / 5,988 ft
- Passengers: 167 (2009)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://coventryairport.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431133
- Weather station: EGBE
- Ident: EGBE

## Timeline

- 1936: Coventry Airport opens.
- 11 Jun 2026: Coventry Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,825 m / 5,988 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 047° / 227° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1998 | 1,059 | Eurostat |
| 1999 | 1,244 | Eurostat |
| 2000 | 3,895 | Eurostat |
| 2001 | 1,364 | Eurostat |
| 2002 | 1,974 | Eurostat |
| 2003 | 2,429 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 461,047 | Eurostat |
| 2005 | 718,045 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 609,859 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 598,916 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 331,022 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 167 | Eurostat |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- BS [British International Helicopters](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-international-helicopters)

Former hub of [Air Atlantique](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-atlantique), [Midland Air Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/midland-air-cargo).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Coventry Infromation | 123.830 |
| FIRE | Coventry Fire | 121.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 52 km / 33 mi
- [OXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtk.md) London Oxford Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [EGWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egwc.md) RAF Cosford · 63 km / 39 mi
- [NQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbn.md) Nottingham City Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [EGTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egtc.md) Cranfield Airport · 67 km / 42 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #63

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Coventry Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coventry_Airport&oldid=1376801974), revision of 26 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/egbe/data