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Tern Hill Airfield

52.8728°N 2.5327°W83 m / 272 ftSmall airport
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Tern Hill Airfield is a small airport in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1916. It closed in 1976. It has 2 runways; the longest is 980 m (3,215 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1916–1976
1916
OpenedTern Hill Airfield opens.
1976
ClosedTern Hill Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH980 m3,215 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
10/28099° / 279° · LIT
LENGTH948 m3,110 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway980 m3,215 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=14,747of 29,823 · =1,522 Europe · =127 GBElevation83 m272 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,969of 43,341 · =3,910 Europe · =253 GBAgeOpened 19162026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=108of 15,079 · =88 Europe · =11 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

3 channels
APPSHAWBURY APP28.200
GNDGND27.902
TWRTWR122.100