# Breighton Airfield, Selby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

**Breighton Airfield** is a small airport in Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 850 m (2,788 ft) long. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1275

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 50 m / 163 ft
- Coordinates: 53.8028, -0.9172
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 850 m / 2,788 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breighton_Aerodrome (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275199
- Weather station: EGXG
- Ident: GB-1275

## Timeline

- 1942: Breighton Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 850 m / 2,788 ft | 50 m / 164 ft |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 850 m / 2,788 ft | =18,051 of 29,858 | =1,831 in Europe | =154 in GB |
| Elevation | 50 m / 163 ft | =34,953 of 43,403 | =4,535 in Europe | =377 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =122 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Radio | Breighton Radio | 129.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0228](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0228.md) Redmoor Farm Airstrip · 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
- [GB-0361](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0361.md) Cliffe Airstrip · 5.7 km / 3.6 mi
- [GB-0723](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0723.md) Birchwood Lodge Airstrip · 6.6 km / 4.1 mi
- [GB-1059](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1059.md) Howden Airstrip · 7.8 km / 4.9 mi
- [GB-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0243.md) Melrose Farm Airstrip · 9.0 km / 5.6 mi
- [GB-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0017.md) Burn Airfield · 13 km / 7.9 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-1275/data