# Rufforth West Airfield, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1209

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft
- Coordinates: 53.9471, -1.1872
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,263 m / 4,142 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Rufforth (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275548
- Weather station: EGXU · WMO 03266
- Ident: GB-1209

## Timeline

- 1942: Rufforth West Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,263 m / 4,142 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Concrete |  |  |
| 05/23 | 838 m / 2,750 ft | 48 m / 158 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,263 m / 4,142 ft | #9,186 of 29,858 | #1,117 in Europe | #99 in GB |
| Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =5,241 in Europe | =516 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =41 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RADIO | Rufforth Radio | 123.815 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0248](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0248.md) Rufforth East Airfield · 1.0 km / 0.6 mi
- [GB-0715](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0715.md) Acaster Malbis Airstrip · 8.3 km / 5.1 mi
- [GB-0714](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0714.md) Gilrudding Grange Airstrip · 9.8 km / 6.1 mi
- [EGCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxg.md) Leeds East Airport · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [GB-0075](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0075.md) Elvington Airfield · 13 km / 8.1 mi
- [GB-1152](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1152.md) Hazlewood Gallop / Tadcaster Airfield · 14 km / 8.9 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-1209/data