# Elvington Airfield, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Elvington Airfield** is a small airport in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1958. It has one runway, 914 m (3,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0075

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1958
- Elevation: 15 m / 48 ft
- Coordinates: 53.9230, -0.9933
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 914 m / 3,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.elvingtonairfield.co.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Elvington (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275305
- Weather station: EGXG
- Ident: GB-0075

## Timeline

- 1942: Elvington Airfield opens.
- 1958: Elvington Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 914 m / 3,000 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 914 m / 3,000 ft | =15,843 of 29,858 | =1,644 in Europe | =141 in GB |
| Elevation | 15 m / 48 ft | =39,432 of 43,403 | =5,286 in Europe | #528 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | York Radio A/G | 119.625 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0714](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0714.md) Gilrudding Grange Airstrip · 5.9 km / 3.6 mi
- [GB-0228](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0228.md) Redmoor Farm Airstrip · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [GB-0715](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0715.md) Acaster Malbis Airstrip · 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- [EGNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnu.md) Full Sutton Airfield · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [GB-0723](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0723.md) Birchwood Lodge Airstrip · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [GB-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0243.md) Melrose Farm Airstrip · 12 km / 7.4 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-0075/data