# Egerton Airfield, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0069

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 46 m / 150 ft
- Coordinates: 51.1883, 0.6848
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 340 m / 1,115 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Headcorn (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275367
- Weather station: EGMD
- Ident: GB-0069

## Timeline

- 1943: Egerton Airfield opens.
- 1945: Egerton Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 340 m / 1,115 ft |  | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 340 m / 1,115 ft | =29,225 of 29,858 | =3,034 in Europe | #293 in GB |
| Elevation | 46 m / 150 ft | =35,273 of 43,403 | =4,604 in Europe | =393 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | =150 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [EGKH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkh.md) Headcorn Aerodrome · 4.6 km / 2.9 mi
- [GB-0749](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0749.md) Fridd Farm Airstrip · 7.2 km / 4.5 mi
- [GB-0925](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0925.md) Frinsted Airstrip · 10 km / 6.2 mi
- [EGKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egke.md) Challock Airfield · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [GB-0548](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0548.md) Lukesfield Airstrip · 11 km / 6.9 mi
- [GB-0884](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0884.md) Tiffenden Airstrip · 11 km / 6.9 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-0069/data