Farnborough Airport

ICAO EGLF51.2758°N 0.7763°W73 m / 238 ftMedium airport

Farnborough Airport (IATA: FAB, ICAO: EGLF) is a medium airport in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1908. It closed in 1996. It has one runway, 2,440 m (8,005 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Aircraft Establishment. In 2002 it handled 7 passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1908–1996

1908

OpenedFarnborough Airport opens.

06 SEP 1952

Disaster1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash.31 killed

1996

ClosedFarnborough Airport closes.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24062° / 242° · LIT

LENGTH2,440 m8,005 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

1993–2002

9395000102

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers7 (2002)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,909of 3,974 · =818 Europe · =62 GB Longest runway2,440 m8,005 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,695of 29,823 · =511 Europe · #25 GB Elevation73 m238 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,946of 43,341 · =4,140 Europe · #296 GB AgeOpened 19082026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8of 15,079 · =4 Europe · #2 GB Runways11 · 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

9 channels

APPAPP134.350

ATISATIS128.400

DIRDIRECTOR130.050

OPSTAG Aviation130.375

TWRTWR122.500

LARSFarnborough West Radar125.250

LARSFarnborough East Radar123.225

LARSFarnborough North Radar132.800

MISCFarnborough Fire121.600