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Tibenham Airfield

52.4559°N 1.1561°E57 m / 186 ftSmall airport
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Tibenham Airfield is a small airport in Tibenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1959. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,600 m (5,249 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1941–1959
1941
OpenedTibenham Airfield opens.
1959
ClosedTibenham Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21
LENGTH1,600 m5,249 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33
LENGTH1,250 m4,101 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08/26
LENGTH700 m2,296 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,600 m5,249 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,807of 29,823 · =917 Europe · #80 GBElevation57 m186 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,280of 43,341 · =4,410 Europe · =354 GBAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =581 Europe · =93 GBRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =32 Europe · =11 GB
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
A/GTibenham Radio129.980