EGYE

RAF Barkston Heath

ICAO EGYE52.9606°N 0.5594°W112 m / 367 ftMedium airport
On the map
RAF Barkston Heath - 16 April 1944 - Annotated
United States Army Air Forces · Public domain · Commons

RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a medium airport in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1938. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,744 m (5,722 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
1938
OpenedRAF Barkston Heath opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH1,744 m5,722 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
10/28103° / 283° · LIT
LENGTH1,278 m4,193 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18/36178° / 358°
LENGTH795 m2,608 ftWIDTH23 m75 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,744 m5,722 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#5,102of 29,823 · #862 Europe · #77 GBElevation112 m367 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,699of 43,341 · =3,350 Europe · =157 GBAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · =63 GBRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =32 Europe · =11 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

8 channels
APPCRANWELLL APP28.077
ATISATIS293.450
DEPDEP119.375
GNDGND389.450
TWRTWR120.425
TWR281.225
DEP355.950
ATIS124.200