# Brough Airport, Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Brough Airport** was an airport in Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1916. It closed in 2013. It had 2 runways; the longest was 1,054 m (3,458 ft). It was operated by BAE Systems. In 1970 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1216

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: BAE Systems
- Serves: Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1916 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: 2013 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 4 m / 12 ft
- Coordinates: 53.7197, -0.5663
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,054 m / 3,458 ft
- Passengers: 4,586 (1970)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Aerodrome (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3885282
- Weather station: EGXV · WMO 03384
- Ident: GB-1216

## Timeline

- 1916: Brough Airport opens.
- 2013: Brough Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,054 m / 3,458 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° |  |
| 06/24 | 631 m / 2,070 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Grass | 058° / 238° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1966 | 2,598 | Wikidata |
| 1967 | 18,395 | Wikidata |
| 1968 | 13,234 | Wikidata |
| 1969 | 198 | Wikidata |
| 1970 | 4,586 | Wikidata |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | AIR GND | 130.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [HUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnj.md) Humberside Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [EGCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxg.md) Leeds East Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [WTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxw.md) RAF Waddington · 62 km / 38 mi
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [QCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxc.md) RAF Coningsby · 75 km / 46 mi
- [EGXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxz.md) RAF Topcliffe · 76 km / 47 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Brough Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brough_Aerodrome&oldid=1367407177), revision of 2 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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-1216/data