# Tibenham Airfield, Tibenham, Norfolk, United Kingdom

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0420

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Tibenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1959
- Elevation: 57 m / 186 ft
- Coordinates: 52.4559, 1.1561
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,600 m / 5,249 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.norfolkglidingclub.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tibenham (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275633
- Weather station: EGSH · WMO 03492
- Ident: GB-0420

## Timeline

- 1941: Tibenham Airfield opens.
- 1959: Tibenham Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt |  |  |
| 15/33 | 1,250 m / 4,101 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt |  |  |
| 08/26 | 700 m / 2,296 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | =5,810 of 29,858 | =923 in Europe | #80 in GB |
| Elevation | 57 m / 186 ft | =34,335 of 43,403 | =4,417 in Europe | =354 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =32 in Europe | =11 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Tibenham Radio | 129.980 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0198](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0198.md) Priory Farm Airstrip · 1.7 km / 1.1 mi
- [GB-0264](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0264.md) Long Stratton Airstrip · 5.4 km / 3.4 mi
- [EGSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsv.md) Old Buckenham Airfield · 8.4 km / 5.2 mi
- [GB-0780](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0780.md) Nut Tree Farm Airstrip · 9.8 km / 6.1 mi
- [GB-0804](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0804.md) Grove Farm Airstrip · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [GB-0836](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0836.md) Fir Grove Airstrip · 11 km / 6.6 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-0420/data