# Currock Hill Glider Field, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

**Currock Hill Glider Field** is a small airport in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. It has one runway, 600 m (1,968 ft) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0393

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
- Elevation: 244 m / 800 ft
- Coordinates: 54.9327, -1.8467
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 600 m / 1,968 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.northumbriagliding.co.uk/
- Weather station: EGNT
- Ident: GB-0393

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 600 m / 1,968 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 600 m / 1,968 ft | =25,355 of 29,858 | =2,525 in Europe | =230 in GB |
| Elevation | 244 m / 800 ft | =21,373 of 43,403 | =1,836 in Europe | =20 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1028.md) Bywell Airfield · 5.4 km / 3.4 mi
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [GB-0483](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0483.md) High Flats Farm Airstrip · 17 km / 11 mi
- [GB-0828](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0828.md) Loadman Farm Airstrip · 19 km / 12 mi
- [GB-0725](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0725.md) Selby House Farm Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [GB-0468](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0468.md) Ewesley Airstrip · 32 km / 20 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)
- [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-0393/data