RAF Cranwell

ICAO EGYD53.0273°N 0.4931°W66 m / 218 ftMedium airport

RAF Cranwell (ICAO: EGYD) is a medium airport in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 1 Apr 1916. It has 4 runways; the longest is 2,082 m (6,831 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1916–1916

01 APR 1916

OpenedRAF Cranwell opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

08/26083° / 263° · LIT

LENGTH2,082 m6,831 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

01/19008° / 188° · LIT

LENGTH1,464 m4,803 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

06/24064° / 209°

LENGTH1,197 m3,927 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

03/21030° / 210°

LENGTH1,103 m3,619 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

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

Longest runway2,082 m6,831 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,664of 29,823 · #693 Europe · #42 GB Elevation66 m218 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,407of 43,341 · =4,234 Europe · #321 GB AgeOpened 19162026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=108of 15,079 · =88 Europe · =11 GB Runways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =10 Europe · =2 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

11 channels

APPAPP119.375

ATISATIS135.675

CACCAC27.777

DEPDEP119.375

GNDGND36.920

TWRTWR125.050

ATIS233.628

APP280.775

DEP275.675

GRN240.425

TWR268.625