GB-0069

Egerton Airfield

51.1883°N 0.6848°E46 m / 150 ftSmall airport
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Egerton Airfield is a small airport in Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It closed in 1945. It has one runway, 340 m (1,115 ft) long, grass. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1945
1943
OpenedEgerton Airfield opens.
1945
ClosedEgerton Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24
LENGTH340 m1,115 ftWIDTH—SURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway340 m1,115 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=29,192of 29,823 · =3,021 Europe · #293 GBElevation46 m150 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,218of 43,341 · =4,598 Europe · =393 GBAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · =150 GBRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB
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