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Casement Air Base

53.3017°N 6.4513°W97 m / 319 ftMedium airport
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Casement Air Base is a medium airport in Baldonnel, County Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 1922. It closed in 1965. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,829 m (6,001 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1922–1965
1922
OpenedCasement Air Base opens.
1965
ClosedCasement Air Base closes.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10/28108° / 288° · LIT
LENGTH1,829 m6,001 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
04/22041° / 221° · LIT
LENGTH1,463 m4,800 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,829 m6,001 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,581of 29,823 · =814 Europe · #6 IEElevation97 m319 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,843of 43,341 · =3,624 Europe · =7 IEAgeOpened 19222026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=202of 15,079 · =155 Europe · #1 IERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =2 IE
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

4 channels
APPBALDONNEL APP122.000
ATISAREA122.800
GNDBALDONNEL GND123.100
TWRBALDONNEL TWR123.500