# Wombleton Airfield, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Wombleton Airfield** is a small airport in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 1,128 m (3,700 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0179

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 38 m / 125 ft
- Coordinates: 54.2311, -0.9747
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,128 m / 3,700 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wombleton (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275686
- Weather station: EGXZ
- Ident: GB-0179

## Timeline

- 1943: Wombleton Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,128 m / 3,700 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,128 m / 3,700 ft | =11,541 of 29,858 | #1,272 in Europe | #110 in GB |
| Elevation | 38 m / 125 ft | =36,038 of 43,403 | =4,773 in Europe | =424 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

- [GB-0717](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0717.md) Lodge Field House Airstrip · 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
- [GB-1282](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1282.md) Fadmoor Airfield · 8.6 km / 5.3 mi
- [GB-0376](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0376.md) Yorkshire Gliding Club · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [GB-0721](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0721.md) Newton-on-Rawcliffe Airstrip · 16 km / 10 mi
- [GB-1032](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1032.md) Low Moor Farm Airstrip · 17 km / 10 mi
- [GB-0438](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0438.md) Baxby-Husthwaite Airfield · 18 km / 11 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-0179/data