# Longside Airfield, Peterhead, United Kingdom

**Longside Airfield** is a small airport in Peterhead, Scotland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It has one runway, 500 m (1,640 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Peterhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Elevation: 46 m / 150 ft
- Coordinates: 57.5168, -1.8646
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 500 m / 1,640 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Peterhead (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275526
- Weather station: EGPD · WMO 03091
- Ident: EGPS

## Timeline

- 1941: Longside Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 500 m / 1,640 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 500 m / 1,640 ft | =27,160 of 29,858 | =2,713 in Europe | =262 in GB |
| Elevation | 46 m / 150 ft | =35,273 of 43,403 | =4,604 in Europe | =393 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Info | Lomgside radio | 130.575 |
| A/G | Longside Radio | 118.280 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0754](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0754.md) Easter Nether Cabra Farm Airstrip · 11 km / 6.8 mi
- [GB-0285](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0285.md) Hatton Airstrip · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-1363](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1363.md) Methlick Airfied · 24 km / 15 mi
- [GB-0239](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0239.md) Whiterashes Farm Airstrip · 32 km / 20 mi
- [GB-1350](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1350.md) Old Meldrum · 34 km / 21 mi
- [ABZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpd.md) Aberdeen International Airport · 40 km / 25 mi

## 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/egps/data