# Hucknall Airfield, Nottingham, United Kingdom

**Hucknall Airfield** was an airport in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1916. It closed on 1 Mar 2015. It had 2 runways; the longest was 865 m (2,838 ft). It was operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1247

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1916
- Closed: 1 Mar 2015
- Elevation: 85 m / 279 ft
- Coordinates: 53.0144, -1.2183
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 865 m / 2,838 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.merlinflyingclub.co.uk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucknall_Aerodrome (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3207377
- Weather station: EGXN
- Ident: GB-1247

## Timeline

- 1916: Hucknall Airfield opens.
- 1 Mar 2015: Hucknall Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 865 m / 2,838 ft | 25 m / 81 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 04/22 | 730 m / 2,395 ft | 23 m / 74 ft | Grass |  |  |

- 11/29 slopes 1.1%: threshold 29 at 76 m / 250 ft, threshold 11 at 86 m / 281 ft.

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | Hucknall A/G | 130.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [NQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbn.md) Nottingham City Airport · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · 22 km / 13 mi
- [EGYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egye.md) RAF Barkston Heath · 45 km / 28 mi
- [EGYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyd.md) RAF Cranwell · 49 km / 30 mi
- [WTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxw.md) RAF Waddington · 49 km / 31 mi
- [EGXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egxt.md) RAF Wittering · 67 km / 42 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-1247/data