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Sleap Airfield

52.8348°N 2.7703°W84 m / 275 ftSmall airport
On the map

Sleap Airfield is a small airport in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 799 m (2,621 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
1943
OpenedSleap Airfield opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH799 m2,621 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18/36181° / 001°
LENGTH775 m2,542 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway799 m2,621 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=19,467of 29,823 · =2,041 Europe · =173 GBElevation84 m275 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,918of 43,341 · =3,901 Europe · =249 GBAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · =150 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

1 channels
A/GSleap A/G122.450