# East Kirkby Airfield, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

**East Kirkby Airfield** is a small airport in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1943. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0182

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 12 m / 40 ft
- Coordinates: 53.1376, 0.0021
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_East_Kirkby (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275294
- Weather station: EGXC · WMO 03391
- Ident: GB-0182

## Timeline

- 1943: East Kirkby Airfield opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 12 m / 40 ft | =39,802 of 43,403 | =5,355 in Europe | =545 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | =150 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Kirkby Radio | 121.180 |
| A/G (Historical) | Kirkby Radio (Historical) | 121.175 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1336](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1336.md) (Duplicate)East Kirkby Airfield · 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
- [GB-1165](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1165.md) Loxley Airfield · 2.2 km / 1.4 mi
- [GB-0700](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0700.md) Northfield Farm Airstrip · 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
- [GB-0499](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0499.md) Windsor Farm Airstrip · 7.1 km / 4.4 mi
- [QCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxc.md) RAF Coningsby · 12 km / 7.6 mi
- [GB-0702](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0702.md) Whaley Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 7.9 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-0182/data