# Pocklington Airfield, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Pocklington Airfield** is a small airport in York, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1946. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0391

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: York, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1946
- Elevation: 27 m / 90 ft
- Coordinates: 53.9256, -0.7943
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Pocklington (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275527
- Weather station: EGXV · WMO 03384
- Ident: GB-0391

## Timeline

- 1941: Pocklington Airfield opens.
- 1946: Pocklington Airfield closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 27 m / 90 ft | =37,291 of 43,403 | =4,981 in Europe | #465 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0243.md) Melrose Farm Airstrip · 7.0 km / 4.3 mi
- [EGNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnu.md) Full Sutton Airfield · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [GB-0075](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0075.md) Elvington Airfield · 13 km / 8.1 mi
- [GB-0228](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0228.md) Redmoor Farm Airstrip · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [GB-1275](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1275.md) Breighton Airfield · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [GB-0714](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0714.md) Gilrudding Grange Airstrip · 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-0391/data