RAF Cosford

52.6405°N 2.3053°W83 m / 272 ftMedium airport

RAF Cosford is a medium airport in Cosford, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1938. It has one runway, 1,186 m (3,890 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by No. 22 Group RAF.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938

1938

OpenedRAF Cosford opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24058° / 238°

LENGTH1,186 m3,890 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

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

Longest runway1,186 m3,890 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=11,020of 29,823 · #1,225 Europe · #106 GB Elevation83 m272 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,969of 43,341 · =3,910 Europe · =253 GB AgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · =63 GB Runways11 · 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

7 channels

APPAPP135.875

GNDGND128.650

RDRSHAWBURY ZONE28.200

TWRTWR128.650

APP376.420

GRN241.400

TWR378.650