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EGYD

RAF Cranwell

Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Elevation
218 ft
Runways
4
Longest
6,831 ft
Position
53.027, -0.493
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

0826011906240321N1 km
4 runways. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
EGYEEGXWEGXCEGBNEGXTEGNXEGNJEGYMEGYDN
8 airfields in range. Point at one for its bearing.
  • EGYE5
  • EGXW8
  • EGXC12
  • EGBN22
  • EGXT25
  • EGNX32
  • EGNJ33
  • EGYM44
Rings at 15, 30 and 50 nm. 8 other airfields in range, at true bearing. Where two sit close together only the nearer one is labelled.

By the numbers

  • 19,180 ft

    Runway, all told

    3.2 nm of pavement across 4 runways

  • 37th

    Longest in United Kingdom

    of 80 airfields in the country

  • 2808th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 27th

    Highest in United Kingdom

    218 ft above sea level

  • 5 nm

    Nearest airfield

    EGYE, bearing 211

  • Asphalt, Grass

    Surface

    2 of 4 lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

Fetching the latest report...

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
08/266,831 ft147 ftAsphaltYes
01/194,803 ft147 ftAsphaltYes
06/243,927 ft98 ftGrassNo
03/213,619 ft98 ftGrassNo

Frequencies

  • ATISATIS135.675
  • ATISNot named233.628
  • GNDGND36.920
  • TWRTWR125.050
  • TWRNot named268.625
  • APPAPP119.375
  • APPNot named280.775
  • DEPDEP119.375
  • DEPNot named275.675
  • CACCAC27.777
  • GRNNot named240.425

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of EGYD
  • EGYD to EGYE, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at EGYD yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • EGYERAF Barkston Heath5 nm
  • EGXWRAF Waddington8 nm
  • EGXCRAF Coningsby12 nm
  • EGBNNottingham City Airport22 nm
  • EGXTRAF Wittering25 nm
  • EGNXEast Midlands Airport32 nm

Elsewhere

  • Airport website
  • Wikipedia

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.