# Leicester Airport (EGBG)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGBG
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 143 m / 469 ft
- Coordinates: 52.6066, -1.0302
- Runways: 5
- Longest runway: 940 m / 3,084 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://leicesterairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915293
- Weather station: EGXJ
- Ident: EGBG

## Timeline

- 1942: Leicester Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 940 m / 3,084 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 096° / 276° | yes |
| 15/33 | 495 m / 1,624 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° |  |
| 04/22 | 490 m / 1,608 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 038° / 218° |  |
| 16/34 | 418 m / 1,371 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 151° / 331° |  |
| 06/24 | 335 m / 1,099 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 055° / 235° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 940 m / 3,084 ft | =15,529 of 29,858 | =1,591 in Europe | =134 in GB |
| Elevation | 143 m / 469 ft | =27,687 of 43,403 | =2,864 in Europe | =97 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |
| Runways | 5 | =14 of 29,978 | =5 in Europe | #1 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 122.125 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0681](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0681.md) Manor Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [EG74](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg74.md) Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome · 14 km / 8.8 mi
- [GB-0411](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0411.md) Husbands Bosworth Airfield · 19 km / 12 mi
- [GB-0687](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0687.md) Bitteswell Farm Airstrip · 19 km / 12 mi
- [GB-0705](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0705.md) Sulby Airstrip · 19 km / 12 mi
- [GB-0639](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0639.md) Ranksborough Farm Airstrip · 19 km / 12 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/egbg/data