# Manchester Barton Aerodrome, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

**Manchester Barton Aerodrome** is a small airport in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 1 Jan 1930. It has 4 runways; the longest is 641 m (2,103 ft).

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1 Jan 1930 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 22 m / 73 ft
- Coordinates: 53.4717, -2.3897
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 641 m / 2,103 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.bartonaerodrome.co.uk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Barton_Aerodrome (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1999184
- Weather station: EGCC · WMO 03334
- Ident: EGCB

## Timeline

- 1 Jan 1930: Manchester Barton Aerodrome opens.
- 21 Jul 1996: 1996 Barton Aerodrome disaster. 2 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08L/26R | 641 m / 2,103 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Grass | 083° / 263° |  |
| 08R/26L | 625 m / 2,051 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Grass | 083° / 263° |  |
| 02/20 | 533 m / 1,749 ft | 32 m / 104 ft | Grass | 014° / 195° |  |
| 14/32 | 398 m / 1,305 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Grass | 134° / 314° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 641 m / 2,103 ft | =23,708 of 29,858 | #2,405 in Europe | #214 in GB |
| Elevation | 22 m / 73 ft | =38,046 of 43,403 | =5,086 in Europe | #487 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =244 in Europe | =33 in GB |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =10 in Europe | =2 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Manchester Barton AFIS | 120.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0736](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0736.md) Warrington Airstrip · 10 km / 6.5 mi
- [GB-0734](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0734.md) Kenyon Hall Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 8.0 mi
- [GB-0309](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0309.md) Haydock Park Airstrip · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [GB-0310](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0310.md) Bryn Gates Airfield · 16 km / 10 mi
- [GB-0764](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0764.md) Hawksview Airstrip · 17 km / 11 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Manchester Barton Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Barton_Aerodrome&oldid=1372058162), revision of 30 Aug 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/egcb/data