# North Coates Airfield, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

**North Coates Airfield** is a small airport in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1935. It closed in 1990. It has one runway, 760 m (2,493 ft) long. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1279

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1935
- Closed: 1990
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: 53.4978, 0.0620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 760 m / 2,493 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.northcoatesflyingclub.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_North_Coates (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20981814
- Weather station: EGXS
- Ident: GB-1279

## Timeline

- 1935: North Coates Airfield opens.
- 1990: North Coates Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 760 m / 2,493 ft | 18 m / 59 ft |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 760 m / 2,493 ft | =20,965 of 29,858 | =2,128 in Europe | #189 in GB |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =5,781 in Europe | =640 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =336 in Europe | =45 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G |  | 120.150 |

## Nearby airports

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- [GB-0628](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0628.md) Eastfield Farm Airstrip · 15 km / 9.5 mi
- [GB-0934](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0934.md) Acthorpe Top Farm Airstrip · 15 km / 9.5 mi
- [GB-0627](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0627.md) Willow Farm Louth Airstrip · 16 km / 9.7 mi
- [GB-1052](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1052.md) Walk Farm Airstrip · 16 km / 10.0 mi
- [GB-1163](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1163.md) Cuxwold Airfield · 19 km / 12 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-1279/data