EGSA

Shipdham Airfield

ICAO EGSA52.6294°N 0.9281°E64 m / 210 ftSmall airport
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Shipdham Airfield (ICAO: EGSA) is a small airport in Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1945. It has one runway, 862 m (2,828 ft) long. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–1945
1942
OpenedShipdham Airfield opens.
1945
ClosedShipdham Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20022° / 202°
LENGTH862 m2,828 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACE—

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway862 m2,828 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=17,614of 29,823 · #1,778 Europe · #152 GBElevation64 m210 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,582of 43,341 · =4,260 Europe · =326 GBAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · =122 GBRunways11 · 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