RAF Shawbury

ICAO EGOS52.7982°N 2.6680°W76 m / 249 ftMedium airport

RAF Shawbury (ICAO: EGOS) is a medium airport in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,834 m (6,018 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937

1937

OpenedRAF Shawbury opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

18/36180° / 360° · LIT

LENGTH1,834 m6,018 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

04/22045° / 225° · LIT

LENGTH1,379 m4,523 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

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

Longest runway1,834 m6,018 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,495of 29,823 · #807 Europe · #59 GB Elevation76 m249 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,634of 43,341 · =4,060 Europe · =282 GB AgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =52 GB Runways21 · 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

7 channels

ZONEAPP133.155

ATISATIS28.427

DIRDIRECTOR123.300

GNDGND38.945

MISCZONE120.775

OPSOPS36.912

TWRTWR122.100