# Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

**Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome** is a small airport in Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It closed in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 640 m (2,099 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0562

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Closed: 1940
- Coordinates: 51.6695, 0.6327
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 640 m / 2,099 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stow_Maries_Aerodrome (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40111746
- Weather station: EGMC
- Ident: GB-0562

## Timeline

- 1917: Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome opens.
- 1940: Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome closes.
- 26 Apr 2012: Listed as Grade II\* listed building.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 640 m / 2,099 ft | 60 m / 196 ft | Grass | 020° / 200° |  |
| 15/33 | 550 m / 1,804 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Grass | 150° / 330° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 640 m / 2,099 ft | =23,946 of 29,858 | =2,416 in Europe | #217 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | =19 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0797](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0797.md) Retreat Farm Airstrip · 8.9 km / 5.6 mi
- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [GB-0952](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0952.md) West Newland Farm Airstrip · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [GB-0316](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0316.md) Napps Field Airstrip · 15 km / 9.1 mi
- [GB-0788](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0788.md) Bensons Farm Airstrip · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [GB-0378](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0378.md) Barling Airfield · 16 km / 9.8 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-0562/data