# Deanland Lewes Airfield, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 21 m / 69 ft
- Coordinates: 50.8811, 0.1543
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 457 m / 1,499 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Deanland (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275270
- Weather station: EGKA · WMO 03876
- Ident: EGKL

## Timeline

- 1943: Deanland Lewes Airfield opens.
- 1943: Royal Air Force becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 457 m / 1,499 ft | 27 m / 88 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 457 m / 1,499 ft | =28,055 of 29,858 | #2,832 in Europe | #275 in GB |
| Elevation | 21 m / 69 ft | =38,226 of 43,403 | =5,114 in Europe | =490 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | =150 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Deanland Radio | 129.730 |

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- [GB-0614](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0614.md) Ringmer Glider Field · 4.6 km / 2.8 mi
- [GB-0777](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0777.md) Palmers Farm Airstrip · 5.4 km / 3.4 mi
- [GB-0523](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0523.md) Westfield Farm Airstrip · 9.7 km / 6.0 mi
- [GB-0594](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0594.md) Barcombe-North Airstrip · 10 km / 6.5 mi
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## 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)
- [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/egkl/data