# Finmere Aerodrome, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

**Finmere Aerodrome** is a small airport in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 701 m (2,299 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0077

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 122 m / 400 ft
- Coordinates: 51.9853, -1.0564
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 701 m / 2,299 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Finmere (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275318
- Weather station: EGTK
- Ident: GB-0077

## Timeline

- 1941: Finmere Aerodrome opens.
- 1945: Finmere Aerodrome closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10R/28L | 701 m / 2,299 ft | 46 m / 150 ft |  |  |  |
| 10L/28R | 600 m / 1,968 ft | 30 m / 98 ft |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 701 m / 2,299 ft | =22,331 of 29,858 | #2,247 in Europe | #198 in GB |
| Elevation | 122 m / 400 ft | =29,014 of 43,403 | =3,177 in Europe | =133 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [EGBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbt.md) Turweston Aerodrome · 6.7 km / 4.2 mi
- [GB-0208](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0208.md) Thornborough Grounds Airstrip · 8.6 km / 5.3 mi
- [GB-1269](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1269.md) Bicester Airfield · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [GB-0213](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0213.md) Pear Tree Farm Airstrip · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [GB-0976](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0976.md) Hall Farm Airstrip · 9.9 km / 6.2 mi
- [GB-0377](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0377.md) Croughton Manor Farm Airstrip · 10 km / 6.4 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-0077/data