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Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield

52.1894°N 1.6141°W49 m / 159 ftSmall airport
On the map
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford aerial photograph WWII IWM HU 93064
No. 1 Camouflage Unit · Public domain · Commons

Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield is a small airport in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 917 m (3,009 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1941–1963
1941
OpenedWellesbourne Mountford Airfield opens.
1963
ClosedWellesbourne Mountford Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
18/36176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH917 m3,009 ftWIDTH23 m75 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05/23046° / 226°
LENGTH587 m1,926 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway917 m3,009 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,766of 29,823 · #1,634 Europe · #140 GBElevation49 m159 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,015of 43,341 · =4,554 Europe · =385 GBAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =581 Europe · =93 GBRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =41 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

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