# Shipdham Airfield (EGSA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGSA
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 64 m / 210 ft
- Coordinates: 52.6294, 0.9281
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 862 m / 2,828 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.shipdhamaeroclub.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shipdham (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275562
- Weather station: EGYM · WMO 03482
- Ident: EGSA

## Timeline

- 1942: Shipdham Airfield opens.
- 1945: Shipdham Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 862 m / 2,828 ft | 18 m / 59 ft |  | 022° / 202° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 862 m / 2,828 ft | =17,622 of 29,858 | #1,785 in Europe | #152 in GB |
| Elevation | 64 m / 210 ft | =33,634 of 43,403 | =4,266 in Europe | =326 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

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## 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/egsa/data