# Melrose Farm Airstrip, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Melrose Farm Airstrip** is a small airport in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1940. It closed in 1945. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0243

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1940
- Closed: 1945
- Elevation: 11 m / 36 ft
- Coordinates: 53.8684, -0.8379
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Melbourne (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275468
- Weather station: EGXG
- Ident: GB-0243

## Timeline

- 1940: Melrose Farm Airstrip opens.
- 1945: Melrose Farm Airstrip closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 11 m / 36 ft | =40,035 of 43,403 | =5,399 in Europe | =558 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =538 in Europe | =82 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0391](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0391.md) Pocklington Airfield · 7.0 km / 4.3 mi
- [GB-1275](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1275.md) Breighton Airfield · 9.0 km / 5.6 mi
- [GB-0228](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0228.md) Redmoor Farm Airstrip · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [GB-0075](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0075.md) Elvington Airfield · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [EGNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnu.md) Full Sutton Airfield · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-0723](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0723.md) Birchwood Lodge Airstrip · 13 km / 8.0 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-0243/data