# RAF Barkston Heath (EGYE)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / EGYE
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1938
- Elevation: 112 m / 367 ft
- Coordinates: 52.9606, -0.5594
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,744 m / 5,722 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275157
- Weather station: EGYE
- Ident: EGYE

## Timeline

- 1938: RAF Barkston Heath opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,744 m / 5,722 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes |
| 10/28 | 1,278 m / 4,193 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |
| 18/36 | 795 m / 2,608 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,744 m / 5,722 ft | #5,103 of 29,858 | #868 in Europe | #77 in GB |
| Elevation | 112 m / 367 ft | =29,740 of 43,403 | =3,354 in Europe | =157 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =451 in Europe | =63 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CRANWELLL APP | 28.077 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 293.450 |
| DEP | DEP | 119.375 |
| GND | GND | 389.450 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.425 |
| TWR |  | 281.225 |
| DEP |  | 355.950 |
| ATIS |  | 124.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [EGYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyd.md) RAF Cranwell · 8.6 km / 5.4 mi
- [WTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxw.md) RAF Waddington · 23 km / 14 mi
- [QCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxc.md) RAF Coningsby · 30 km / 19 mi
- [NQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbn.md) Nottingham City Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [EGXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxt.md) RAF Wittering · 39 km / 24 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 54 km / 33 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/egye/data