Leicester Airport

ICAO EGBG52.6066°N 1.0302°W143 m / 469 ftSmall airport

Leicester Airport (ICAO: EGBG) is a small airport in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It has 5 runways; the longest is 940 m (3,084 ft).

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942

1942

OpenedLeicester Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

10/28096° / 276° · LIT

LENGTH940 m3,084 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

15/33149° / 329°

LENGTH495 m1,624 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

04/22038° / 218°

LENGTH490 m1,608 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

16/34151° / 331°

LENGTH418 m1,371 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

06/24055° / 235°

LENGTH335 m1,099 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway940 m3,084 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,522of 29,823 · =1,584 Europe · =134 GB Elevation143 m469 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=27,657of 43,341 · =2,862 Europe · =97 GB AgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · =122 GB Runways51 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=14of 29,943 · =5 Europe · #1 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels

A/GRDO122.125