# RAF Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, United Kingdom

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: No. 22 Group RAF
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Cosford, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1938
- Elevation: 83 m / 272 ft
- Coordinates: 52.6405, -2.3053
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,186 m / 3,890 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-cosford/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cosford (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4120040
- Weather station: EGWC
- Ident: EGWC

## Timeline

- 1938: RAF Cosford opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,186 m / 3,890 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 058° / 238° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,186 m / 3,890 ft | =11,025 of 29,858 | #1,232 in Europe | #106 in GB |
| Elevation | 83 m / 272 ft | =32,017 of 43,403 | =3,916 in Europe | =253 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =451 in Europe | =63 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 135.875 |
| GND | GND | 128.650 |
| RDR | SHAWBURY ZONE | 28.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 128.650 |
| APP |  | 376.420 |
| GRN |  | 241.400 |
| TWR |  | 378.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [EGOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egos.md) RAF Shawbury · 30 km / 19 mi
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [CEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnr.md) Hawarden Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [GLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbj.md) Gloucestershire Airport · 84 km / 52 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/egwc/data