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Deanland Lewes Airfield

50.8811°N 0.1543°E21 m / 69 ftSmall airport
On the map

Deanland Lewes Airfield is a small airport in Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 457 m (1,499 ft) long, grass. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1943
1943
OpenedDeanland Lewes Airfield opens.
1943
MilestoneRoyal Air Force becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24
LENGTH457 m1,499 ftWIDTH27 m88 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway457 m1,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=28,025of 29,823 · #2,820 Europe · #275 GBElevation21 m69 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,170of 43,341 · =5,103 Europe · =490 GBAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · =150 GBRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 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/GDeanland Radio129.730