# Kirkbride Airfield, Wigton, Cumbria, United Kingdom

**Kirkbride Airfield** is a small airport in Wigton, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. It opened in Jun 1939. It closed in 1960. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0005

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Wigton, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: Jun 1939
- Closed: 1960
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 54.8821, -3.2047
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://kirkbrideairfield.weebly.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kirkbride (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91937287
- Weather station: EGNC · WMO 03222
- Ident: GB-0005

## Timeline

- Jun 1939: Kirkbride Airfield opens.
- 1960: Kirkbride Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =5,628 in Europe | =616 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =495 in Europe | =73 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [CAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnc.md) Carlisle Lake District Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GB-0168](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0168.md) Berrier Airstrip · 31 km / 19 mi
- [GB-0375](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0375.md) Falgunzeon Glider Airfield · 35 km / 22 mi
- [GB-0166](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0166.md) Glassonby Airfield · 39 km / 24 mi
- [GB-0340](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0340.md) Skelling Farm Glider Field · 45 km / 28 mi
- [EGOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egom.md) RAF Spadeadam · 46 km / 28 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/gb-0005/data