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Sywell Aerodrome

ICAO EGBK52.3053°N 0.7931°W131 m / 429 ftSmall airport
On the map

Sywell Aerodrome (IATA: ORM, ICAO: EGBK) is a small airport in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. It has 4 runways; the longest is 1,268 m (4,160 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03L/21R026° / 206° · LIT
LENGTH1,268 m4,160 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEConcrete
03R/21L026° / 206°
LENGTH671 m2,201 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
05/23054° / 234°
LENGTH602 m1,975 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
15/33146° / 326° · SLOPE 2.0%
LENGTH450 m1,476 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,268 m4,160 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=9,145of 29,823 · #1,106 Europe · #97 GBElevation131 m429 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,443of 43,341 · =3,043 Europe · #119 GBRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =10 Europe · =2 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

2 channels
A/GNorthampton Sywell A/G122.700
AFISNorthampton Sywell AFIS122.700