EGSM

Beccles Airfield

ICAO EGSM52.4353°N 1.6183°E24 m / 80 ftSmall airport
On the map

Beccles Airfield (ICAO: EGSM) is a small airport in Beccles, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It closed in 1945. It has one runway, 966 m (3,169 ft) long, grass. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1945
1943
OpenedBeccles Airfield opens.
1945
ClosedBeccles Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27093° / 273°
LENGTH966 m3,169 ftWIDTH18 m59 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway966 m3,169 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,097of 29,823 · =1,543 Europe · =131 GBElevation24 m80 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,661of 43,341 · =5,029 Europe · =473 GBAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · =150 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

Radio frequencies

1 channels
A/GBeccles A/G120.375