# Cark airfield, Cark, United Kingdom

**Cark airfield** is a small airport in Cark, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It has one runway, 500 m (1,640 ft) long. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1278

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Cark, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: 54.1643, -2.9613
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 500 m / 1,640 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cark (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55137073
- Weather station: EGNL · WMO 03214
- Ident: GB-1278

## Timeline

- 1941: Cark airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 500 m / 1,640 ft | 15 m / 50 ft |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 500 m / 1,640 ft | =27,160 of 29,858 | =2,713 in Europe | =262 in GB |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =5,566 in Europe | =603 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF(R) | Cark Radio | 129.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-1150](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1150.md) Middleton Sands Microlight · 19 km / 12 mi
- [BWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnl.md) Barrow Walney Island Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [GB-0611](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0611.md) Cockerham Airfield · 24 km / 15 mi
- [GB-1147](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1147.md) Pilling Sands Microlight · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GB-1087](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1087.md) Moss Edge Farm Airfield · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GB-0440](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0440.md) Tarn Farm Airfield (Rossall Field) · 27 km / 17 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-1278/data