# Casement Air Base, Baldonnel, Ireland

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Baldonnel, County Dublin, Ireland
- Opened: 1922
- Closed: 1965
- Elevation: 97 m / 319 ft
- Coordinates: 53.3017, -6.4513
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,001 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Dublin
- Website: http://www.military.ie/en/air-corps/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casement_Aerodrome (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350195
- Weather station: EIME · WMO 03967
- Ident: EIME

## Timeline

- 1922: Casement Air Base opens.
- 1965: Casement Air Base closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes |
| 04/22 | 1,463 m / 4,800 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 041° / 221° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | =4,583 of 29,858 | =820 in Europe | #6 in IE |
| Elevation | 97 m / 319 ft | =30,886 of 43,403 | =3,630 in Europe | =7 in IE |
| Age | Opened 1922 | =202 of 15,079 | =155 in Europe | #1 in IE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =2 in IE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BALDONNEL APP | 122.000 |
| ATIS | AREA | 122.800 |
| GND | BALDONNEL GND | 123.100 |
| TWR | BALDONNEL TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [EIWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eiwt.md) Weston Airport · 6.1 km / 3.8 mi
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [VLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egov.md) Anglesey Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [WAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eiwf.md) Waterford Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [ENK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egab.md) Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport · 145 km / 90 mi
- [IOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egns.md) Isle of Man Airport · 148 km / 92 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/eime/data