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Rufforth West Airfield

53.9471°N 1.1872°W16 m / 52 ftSmall airport
On the map
1663 HCU
Flying Officer W. Bellamy, Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domain · Commons

Rufforth West Airfield is a small airport in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,263 m (4,142 ft). It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedRufforth West Airfield opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35
LENGTH1,263 m4,142 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEConcrete
05/23
LENGTH838 m2,750 ftWIDTH48 m158 ftSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,263 m4,142 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#9,183of 29,823 · #1,110 Europe · #99 GBElevation16 m52 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,027of 43,341 · =5,230 Europe · =516 GBAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · =122 GBRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =41 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
RADIORufforth Radio123.815