# Burn Airfield, Selby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Burn Airfield** is a small airport in Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1945. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0017

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 8 m / 25 ft
- Coordinates: 53.7475, -1.0858
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Burn (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275207
- Weather station: EGXG
- Ident: GB-0017

## Timeline

- 1942: Burn Airfield opens.
- 1945: Burn Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 8 m / 25 ft | =40,896 of 43,403 | =5,514 in Europe | =591 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0361](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0361.md) Cliffe Airstrip · 7.1 km / 4.4 mi
- [GB-0719](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0719.md) Bridge Cottage Airstrip · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [GB-0723](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0723.md) Birchwood Lodge Airstrip · 9.1 km / 5.7 mi
- [EGCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcj.md) Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield · 9.7 km / 6.1 mi
- [EGCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxg.md) Leeds East Airport · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [GB-1275](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1275.md) Breighton Airfield · 13 km / 7.9 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-0017/data